If you’re looking for a sign that California is approaching the end of the pandemic, here it is: The state may soon ease workplace rules that require employees to wear face masks and physically distance from each other. Next week, California’s workplace safety agency is set to consider proposed changes to its emergency coronavirus standards […]
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Teacher Vaccinations in California Determined by Luck, Location
How soon teachers can expect to get vaccinated depends largely on where they live and could determine whether the bulk of California’s students return to campuses this spring — or next fall. Teacher vaccinations have emerged as a central point of contention in California’s charged debate over reopening schools as unions representing teachers and school […]
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Two Polls Give Gov. Newsom Bad News … and Worse News
Two fresh polls indicate that California voters may be falling out of love with a governor who just three years ago was elected by a record-breaking margin, and who early in the pandemic ranked as one of the country’s most popular state leaders. How worrisome is this for the governor facing a burgeoning recall effort? […]
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About Those Rolling Blackouts
Since Friday, rolling blackouts — the first non-wildfire ones in 19 years — have sporadically struck parts of California, particularly the Bay Area, while areas of Humboldt County have been on the possibility list in recent days. The state’s power grid managers initially warned on Monday that more than three million people would have to […]
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County Asks State for Clarifications About Youth Sports
The county of Humboldt is asking the state’s Department of Public Health and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office for clarification about recently released guidance on youth sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a news release, key questions were left unanswered and the county’s COVID-19 joint information center has requested more information on “requirements for cohort […]
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Newsom Releases ‘Playbook’ to Help Businesses Navigate COVID-19
Gov. Gavin Newsom has released a state “employer playbook” that will assist employers with in-depth guidance to navigate reopening and responding to COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace, the county Joint Information Center said in a release. The playbook includes detailed information to support employers with identifying cases, communicating about positive cases to their employees and […]
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Abundance or Shortage? Newsom and Hospitals at Odds Over Mask Supply for Health Care Workers
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, California is stockpiling masks for a future wave of infections even as hospitals say they still don’t have enough to protect workers from the deadly virus. Newsom blamed the shortage on hospitals — saying they are not adequately distributing supplies the state has provided — and vowed to more aggressively […]
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How COVID is Deepening California’s Income Inequality in 5 Charts
The decade dawned on a California that was both “the richest and poorest” state in the nation, in the words of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Wages for the top 10% of California’s earners had grown three times as fast as those of the bottom 10% of earners since 1980 — all as the cost of buying or […]
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Nearly All California Schools Ordered to Shut Down
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that more than 5.5 million California students will not be allowed to attend school for in-person education this fall. Instead, all education for at least 90% of the state’s children must be held online. Under the requirements, California school districts cannot reopen campuses until their counties stabilize coronavirus infections and […]
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Local Implementation of Gov. Newsom Order to Close Bars and Begin Outdoor-Only Operations Takes Full Effect Today
According to the HumCo COVID Facebook page, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to close all the bars in the state and transition six industry sectors to outdoor-only operations to limit the spread of COVID-19 will take full effect in Humboldt County today. The six industry sectors that can only operate outdoors include cardrooms, restaurants, movie theaters, […]
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Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order Protecting State Assistance Programs
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order March 18 to protect “safety net services” amid the COVID-19 outbreak by extending eligibility re-determinations for California residents receiving certain services. Under the order, Medi-Cal health coverage, CalFresh food assistance, CalWORKS, cash assistance for immigrants and in-home supportive services eligibility is extended for 90 days, meaning that those […]
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With New CA Charter School Rules Official, Here’s the Latest on Incoming K-12 Laws
The most significant set of revisions to the state’s charter-school law in more than two decades was signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, putting new curbs on a segment of public schools that has grown over time, particularly in cities, to enroll more than 600,000 California kids. Negotiated over months among lawmakers, charter school advocates […]