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Child Marriage Survivors Press California to Ban the Practice

06/23/2023
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Earlier effort to ban underage marriage was thwarted by civil liberties advocates

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Newsom Proposes Boost in Mental Health Funds. Children’s Advocates are Worried

06/20/2023
The spending change would prioritize housing for homeless people, which children's mental health advocates fear will cut their funding.

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California’s Next Abortion Battleground: ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’

06/16/2023
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Abortion rights advocates say the centers mislead vulnerable women about their pregnancy options.

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California Food Banks Flooded by Families Needing Help

06/09/2023
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With pandemic benefits ending, food banks have become supermarkets for thousands of Californians.

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California Now First State to Phase Out Toxic Hexavalent Chromium

05/25/2023
The state Air Resources Board voted today to ban the substance known as chromium 6, giving platers several years to switch to an alternative the platers say won’t produce the same chrome shine.

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California Bill Could Help Improve Firefighters’ Mental Health

05/23/2023
After unanimously clearing the Senate, a bill expanding first responders' access to workers’ comp for PTSD moves to the Assembly.

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California Wants to Increase Pay for Some Medi-Cal Providers

05/22/2023
Officials are proposing to increase reimbursement rates for some Medi-Cal providers, who say low pay rates prevent them from taking more patients.

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California Lawmakers Block Bill Allowing People to Sue Oil Companies Over Health Problems

05/19/2023
California legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate blocked two big climate bills. One would have made the state’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets more ambitious. Another would have allowed people to sue oil companies over health problems if they meet certain criteria.

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Will California Finally Succeed in Cutting the Price of Insulin?

05/16/2023
To fight the skyrocketing cost of insulin, California is using multiple tactics, including making its own generic versions.

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Legislators Push for Using Tax Penalty Funds to Lower Covered California Costs

05/02/2023
In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed and the Legislature approved a tax penalty on Californians without health insurance. That money was supposed to be used to lower costs for those insured through Covered California, but that has only happened once.

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California Hospitals and Transit Systems Seek State Aid

04/16/2023
Politicians must contend with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, but they also face demands from leaders of vital health care and transit services for more money to solve their fiscal woes.

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CalPERS Settles for $800 Million Over Misleading Claims on Long-Term Care Insurance

03/19/2023
Retired California government workers will get tens of thousands of dollars if they give up their long-term care insurance.

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Newsom Seeks to Cut Ties With Walgreens Over Abortion Pill Access

03/06/2023
It’s not clear how the decision might affect those enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income residents, for which Walgreens is a key provider.

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California Closes a Loophole

02/16/2023
As of Jan. 1, California joined 45 other states with next-of-kin laws that designate a surrogate to make decisions on a patient’s behalf—even if that person wasn’t specifically authorized by the patient before the medical situation arose.

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Leaving Prison Can Mean Homelessness, Overdose

02/13/2023
In January, California became the first state permitted to provide some benefits under Medicaid to incarcerated individuals—an effort to create a smooth transition from behind bars.

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‘Whole Person Care’ Program Cut Hospital Visits

02/09/2023
A five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some Medicaid patients saved taxpayers an estimated $383 per patient per year, according to a review.

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California Senate’s New Health Chair to Prioritize Mental Health, Homelessness

01/05/2023
State Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman of Stockton has been appointed chair of the state Senate's health committee. A licensed social worker, Eggman said she will make mental health care and homelessness front-burner issues.

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Demand Has Quadrupled at Some California Abortion Clinics Since Roe Fell

12/30/2022
Women are making “traumatizing” trips across state lines for care. But California clinics say they can handle the demand.

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Explaining California in 2022: Our 10 Best Explainers of the Year

12/30/2022
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From immigration to crypto, 2022 was a year that took a lot of explaining and 'California Local' was there.

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Border Scramble

12/28/2022
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The Supreme Court is keeping in place, for now, Title 42 — the pandemic policy that OK’d migrant expulsions. California has yet to figure out how to meet the needs of an influx of migrants when it does go away.

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