February 23, 2021 | Nicole Nixon
The $7.6 billion relief package will provide checks for nearly 6 million Californians and provide grants to small businesses. Meanwhile, Newsom and lawmakers are back at the negotiating table over a plan to reopen classrooms.
February 20, 2021
Kim McCoy Wade, director of California’s Department of Aging, talked to California Healthline about how the pandemic has crystallized the pressing need to address California’s rapidly aging population.
February 19, 2021 | Scott Rodd
Nearly half of California’s 58 counties meet the new threshold allowing outdoor sports to resume. The new guidance applies to youth sports and adult recreation leagues.
February 18, 2021 | Kris Hooks
The bill’s release comes a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom assured Californians a deal between his administration and state lawmakers was expected in the coming days. But its chance of being passed and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom is slim.
February 17, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan
The group who wrote the state’s model curriculum say they feel the state’s revisions promote an “all lives matter” approach to learning about racialized communities and fails to fully represent the lived experiences of several American communities.
February 16, 2021 | Scott Rodd
A CapRadio investigation found an overlap of at least half-a-dozen companies that made substantial contributions to Newsom and received no-bid contracts from the state, influential appointments, or other opportunities related to the state’s pandemic.
February 12, 2021 | Chris Nichols
The report found the state’s Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council has yet to set priorities or a timeline for achieving its 18 statutory goals despite being established more than three years ago.
February 12, 2021 | Scott Rodd | Kris Hooks
Dr. Mark Ghaly told reporters on Friday that waiting until March 15 allows the state time to increase its limited vaccine doses and build up distribution infrastructure that will give providers time to prepare.
California State Of MindEpisode 13
February 12, 2021
Getting kids back into schools is becoming a bigger priority as the pandemic trudges on. But what about the ones who’ve dropped out entirely? And, as Lunar New Year begins we explore the importance of ethnic enclaves like Little Saigon in Sacramento.
February 8, 2021 | Kris Hooks
The at-cost partnership between two of the state’s largest health care providers, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, comes amid an already rocky vaccine rollout that has been criticized for its inequities.
