California Healthline Daily Edition

Daily Edition for Friday, February 4, 2022

February 4, 2022

LA County Outlines Requirements For Dropping Mask Rules: Los Angeles County officials said Thursday that face coverings no longer will be required in certain outdoor settings once covid hospitalizations drop, and indoor mask rules could be loosened after further gains. The county would enter this “post-surge” phase when coronavirus-positive hospitalizations drop below 2,500 for seven straight days, about 26% below the current figure. Read more from the Los Angeles Times and City News Service.

Daily Edition for Monday, January 31, 2022

January 31, 2022

Deadline Looms Today For Single-Payer Health Care Bill: California Democrats must decide Monday whether to advance a bill that would make the government pay for everybody’s health care in the nation’s most populous state. The bill would create a universal health care system and set its rules — but it would not pay for it. There’s another bill that would do that. It has a different deadline and does not have to pass on Monday. Read more from AP and KTVU.

Daily Edition for Friday, January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022

San Francisco Revamps Its Indoor Mask Mandate: San Francisco will lift indoor mask requirements Tuesday for offices, gyms and other places where stable groups of vaccinated people gather. This time, everyone in those settings must also have received booster shots, if eligible, to go maskless. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area News Group, KQED, AP and Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more news on covid mandates.