Oakland Health Department Faces $1.35M Cut Under Trump’s Proposed Budget
The money currently goes to anti-poverty programs and public awareness campaigns.
East Bay Times:
Trump Proposed Budget Could Cost Oakland Millions
The city could lose $10.5 million in federal funds under the White House’s proposed budget, according to an analysis from the city administrator’s office. It is too early to know exactly what to expect, as the president’s 62-page summary of budget priorities released in February is only the first step in negotiations between the White House and Congress, which could take until Oct. 1 to decide how to allocate federal spending for fiscal 2017-18. Nonetheless, “these proposed cuts should not be taken lightly. … Some could drastically impact the city’s operations and services if they were to be written into law,” city Budget Administrator Sarah Schlenk wrote in a late March report. (Hedin, 4/27)
In other news from across the state —
The Bakersfield Californian:
As New Law Nears, Frontier High Students Learn How To Save A Life
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation last year requiring California high schools to teach hands-on CPR training by 2018-2019. [Kern High School District ] just received $25,000 worth of CPR training kits thanks to a donation from Chevron that will be used in every high school. The energy company has been working with KHSD for two years on the initiative.If Armstrong were performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a classmate or teacher who had gone into sudden cardiac arrest, instead of a plastic simulator, that person’s chances at survival would have gone up dramatically, experts say. (Pierce, 4/27)
Orange County Register:
Chapman Mumps Cases Slowing But Too Soon To Call Outbreak Over
A mumps outbreak at Chapman University has reached 13 cases, the county Health Care Agency said Thursday. Although the pace of illness has slowed – there were 12 cases two weeks ago, – officials said it’s too soon to say the outbreak is coming to an end because of the long incubation period of up to 25 days. (Perkes, 4/27)