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Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate reintroduced the Housing for All Act, which would put about $100 billion over 10 years toward solving the crisis of people experiencing homelessness. The bill would fund federal programs to build affordable housing and provide emergency shelter. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., who...
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Rya Jetha CalMatters Cuando se produjo la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, los tres días de licencia por enfermedad remunerada de California para los trabajadores de tiempo completo no fueron suficientes para cubrir las cuarentenas o los efectos secundarios de las vacunas. El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó una ley...
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When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, California’s three days of paid sick leave for full-time workers was not enough to cover quarantines or vaccine side effects. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring companies to offer as much as 80 hours of supplemental sick leave for employees. The temporary measure was...
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The hardest parts of Grace Diaz’s caregiving job are the sleepless nights and aches and pains. And the time away from her family. Even when Diaz’s client, an elderly Alzheimer’s patient, gets a good night’s sleep, Diaz wakes up at her slightest rustle or groan. Diaz’s shoulder bothers her...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters Cuando Sophie Szew descargó Instagram por primera vez en su fiesta de cumpleaños número 10, estuvo expuesta a una ráfaga de información que “promovía los trastornos alimentarios”, dijo a los legisladores de California. A los 15, dijo, estaba siguiendo “todos los regímenes de inanición recomendados” por...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters When Sophie Szew first downloaded Instagram at her 10th birthday party, she was exposed to a flurry of information that “promoted eating disorders,” she told California lawmakers. By 15, she said, she was following “every starvation regimen recommended” by Instagram’s “explore” page. Szew, now 20, spoke...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters As many diabetics across the Golden State struggle with insulin costs, California’s efforts to make the medication more affordable have yet to yield results. This year, lawmakers will revisit legislation that would address at least one piece of the affordability puzzle. Senate Bill 90, by Sen....
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Un grupo de defensores que ha luchado durante mucho tiempo para reformar el problemático sistema de licencias de hogares de ancianos del estado ahora está tratando de acabar con la legislación que patrocinó, calificando el proyecto de ley enmendado como “un paso atrás”. “En lugar de la gran reforma...
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A group of advocates that has long fought to reform the state’s troubled nursing home licensing system is now attempting to kill legislation it sponsored, calling the amended bill “a step backwards.” “Instead of the major reform that the nursing home licensing system needs, AB 1502 now codifies and endorses the...
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House and Senate reintroduced the Housing for All Act, which would put about $100 billion over 10 years toward solving the crisis of people experiencing homelessness. The bill would fund federal programs to build affordable housing and provide emergency shelter. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., who...
Rya Jetha CalMatters Cuando se produjo la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, los tres días de licencia por enfermedad remunerada de California para los trabajadores de tiempo completo no fueron suficientes para cubrir las cuarentenas o los efectos secundarios de las vacunas. El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó una ley...
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, California’s three days of paid sick leave for full-time workers was not enough to cover quarantines or vaccine side effects. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring companies to offer as much as 80 hours of supplemental sick leave for employees. The temporary measure was...
The hardest parts of Grace Diaz’s caregiving job are the sleepless nights and aches and pains. And the time away from her family. Even when Diaz’s client, an elderly Alzheimer’s patient, gets a good night’s sleep, Diaz wakes up at her slightest rustle or groan. Diaz’s shoulder bothers her...
Grace Gedye CalMatters Cuando Sophie Szew descargó Instagram por primera vez en su fiesta de cumpleaños número 10, estuvo expuesta a una ráfaga de información que “promovía los trastornos alimentarios”, dijo a los legisladores de California. A los 15, dijo, estaba siguiendo “todos los regímenes de inanición recomendados” por...
Grace Gedye CalMatters When Sophie Szew first downloaded Instagram at her 10th birthday party, she was exposed to a flurry of information that “promoted eating disorders,” she told California lawmakers. By 15, she said, she was following “every starvation regimen recommended” by Instagram’s “explore” page. Szew, now 20, spoke...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters As many diabetics across the Golden State struggle with insulin costs, California’s efforts to make the medication more affordable have yet to yield results. This year, lawmakers will revisit legislation that would address at least one piece of the affordability puzzle. Senate Bill 90, by Sen....
Un grupo de defensores que ha luchado durante mucho tiempo para reformar el problemático sistema de licencias de hogares de ancianos del estado ahora está tratando de acabar con la legislación que patrocinó, calificando el proyecto de ley enmendado como “un paso atrás”. “En lugar de la gran reforma...
A group of advocates that has long fought to reform the state’s troubled nursing home licensing system is now attempting to kill legislation it sponsored, calling the amended bill “a step backwards.” “Instead of the major reform that the nursing home licensing system needs, AB 1502 now codifies and endorses the...