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Earlier this week, the state Department of Public Health urged Californians to stop vaping immediately, less than a week after Governor Newsom signed an executive order to curb vaping among youth. And yet, unlike in many other states, the California legislature has yet to pass a single law related to …
Read More »Bills To Create Drinking Water Fund Die In State Legislature
California’s legislative session ended last week, and with it, the hopes for a statewide pool of money that would have supported drinking water projects. It was called the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund, and it would have been available for disadvantaged communities in need of water cleanup projects. The …
Read More »Governor Brown Signs Two Valley Fever Bills Into Law
Governor Brown has signed into law two bills related to the disease valley fever, both written by Kern County Assemblymember Rudy Salas. The laws both aim to streamline the disease’s reporting guidelines, which until now have been inconsistent over time and among health agencies throughout the state. One of the …
Read More »Two Valley Fever Bills Make Progress In California Legislature
Two bills that could improve valley fever research made it one step closer to law on Thursday, passing out of the California Assembly and into the state Senate. The bills aim to streamline the state’s inconsistent reporting guidelines for valley fever , a fungal disease caused by inhaling spores that …
Read More »Surprise medical bills prohibited by new California law – if you follow the rules
Before Kevin Powers underwent lung cancer surgery last October, his girlfriend, Agi Orsi, meticulously checked and double-checked to be sure his Santa Monica hospital and surgeon were in his health … Click to Continue »
Read More »Would Merced County benefit from state bill’s proposal for universal health care?
For Merced County where it’s estimated that more than 60,000 residents are undocumented, a proposal establishing a government-run universal health care system for all residents in California could benefit many, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Websites connect college students with ‘sugar daddies’ willing to pay the bills
Some students say it allows them to get education without the crushing debt Critics say the arrangements smack of prostitution and could be unsafe Others argue that it takes advantage of women in vulnerable situations … Click to Continue »
Read More »California drought and drainage bills could collide on Capitol Hill
House committee folds California water measures into 2017 spending bill Package would stop San Joaquin River restoration program for a year Separately, 3 additional water districts to be proposed for irrigation drainage deal … Click to Continue »
Read More »Transgender students would have to use restrooms of their sex at birth, Kansas bills say
Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook of Shawnee says it’s a matter of privacy and safety Tom Witt of Equality Kansas says it would isolate transgender students … Click to Continue »
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