California health and human services agency Archives

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Establishing 988 Emergency Number For Mental Health Crises

September 30, 2022 4:36 pmSeptember 30, 2022 4:37 pm

A bill to set up “988” as a new emergency number for mental health crises in California was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday. Assembly Bill 988, authored by Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), will create the 988...

California Farmer Equity Act

July 31, 2022 8:05 amJuly 31, 2022 8:09 am

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Food and Agricultural Code Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 3, Article 6 provides the Farmer Equity Act of 2017, which is contained in Sections 510 to 514. Article 6 was added in...

CA Senator Nancy Skinner to Introduce Bill to Pay State Funds To Children of COVID-19 Victims

December 29, 2021 2:33 amDecember 30, 2021 7:17 am

Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) announced on Monday she would be introducing legislation next month to give state financial assistance to children below the age of 18 who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19. Under the bill, currently called “The...

California Public Health Officials Silent on CDC Vaccine Injury Report of 438,440 ‘Adverse Events’

July 12, 2021 2:15 amJuly 12, 2021 5:58 pm

In a strange announcement Friday, the California Department of Public Health said that school children will have to continue to wear mandatory face masks in class despite new CDC guidelines saying that masks are no longer necessary in schools. “We...

California Schools To Require Masks This Fall Despite New CDC Guidelines Saying That They Are Not Mandatory

July 10, 2021 7:53 amJuly 11, 2021 8:19 am

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced on Friday that children will continue to wear mandatory masks in school despite new federal guidelines saying that masks are no longer necessary in schools. Earlier on Friday, the U.S. Centers for...

2020 Privacy Bills Vetoed

October 1, 2020 6:47 amOctober 1, 2020 7:00 am

Of interest to those involved in privacy legislation, two significant bills that reached Governor Gavin Newsom’s Desk were vetoed in late September. AB 1138 by Assemblyman James Gallagher (D-Yuba City) This bill, on and after July 1, 2021, would have...

Seven Bay Area Counties in Lockdown Under ‘Unprecedented’ Shelter-in-Place Order Over Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 7:26 amMarch 20, 2020 7:54 am

‘A bad flu season is 80,000 dead. We’ve got about 18,000 dead from influenza this year; we have 100 from corona.’ Seven Bay Area counties announced Monday unprecedented shelter-in-place restrictions, confining millions of residents to their homes for three...