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Daily Edition for Friday, September 17, 2021
Friday’s summaries of health news covers Covered California, rent assistance, school safety, boosters, covid cases, mask mandates and more.
Daily Edition for Thursday, September 16, 2021
Thursday’s summaries of California health news covers covid vaccine proof, firefighter infections, the recall, shots for kids and more.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Newsom Will Remain California Governor: After convincingly beating back a recall effort that came to dominate his third year in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom took an understated victory lap Tuesday night, calling for unity following an election that he said had divided California and challenged its values. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Comprehensive coverage continues, below.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 14, 2021
It’s Election Day: After more than a year of debate, protests and lawsuits over covid lockdowns, homelessness, the climate and other major concerns, the election to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom is here. It’s possible Californians will not know the outcome of the race before the day is through. Every active, registered voter in California, about 22 million, received a mail ballot for the recall election. As of Monday evening, more than 7.5 million ballots had been returned. Early votes heavily favored Newsom. Voters must postmark their ballots by today, but county elections officials can receive and count votes up to seven days after the election. Read more from The Sacramento Bee.
Daily Edition for Monday, September 13, 2021
On Eve Of Recall Election, Patience Wearing Thin: As Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and lead Republican candidate Larry Elder made their final pleas to voters across the state, polls strongly suggested that Newsom would prevail in Tuesday's election. Still, a central question lingered: How much more of this can we take? Read more from the Los Angeles Times and The Sacramento Bee. Comprehensive coverage continues, below.
Daily Edition for Friday, September 10, 2021
Biden Issues New Vaccination Mandates — Are More Coming For California?: It’s going to get harder for the one in four eligible Americans — nearly 80 million — and one in five Californians yet to be vaccinated to avoid the shots. President Joe Biden ratcheted up pressure on the unvaccinated Thursday with expanded federal mandates. In California, such vaccine requirements are likely only to multiply. Read more from the Bay Area News Group. Comprehensive coverage of President Biden’s announcement continues below.
Daily Edition for Thursday, September 9, 2021
LA Schools Voting Today On Vaccine Requirement For Students: All Los Angeles public school children 12 and older would have to be fully vaccinated by January to enter campus — sooner for students involved in many extracurricular activities — under a proposal to be voted on Thursday by the Board of Education. Read more from the Los Angeles Times, LA Daily News, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, September 8, 2021
California Bill Would Outlaw ‘Stealthing’: California lawmakers moved to make the state the first to outlaw “stealthing,” which is removing a condom without permission during intercourse. Legislators sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill on Tuesday adding the act to the state’s civil definition of sexual battery. It makes it illegal to remove the condom without obtaining verbal consent.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Mu Variant Found In LA County: A new coronavirus variant was detected in 167 people over the summer in Los Angeles County, officials said. The B.1.621 variant, known as mu, was mostly detected in July, according to analyses completed between June 19 and Aug. 21, the Department of Public Health said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, August 27, 2021
Is An Indoor Vaccine Mandate Next?: California Democrats are considering legislation to require people to prove they’re fully vaccinated before entering indoor public spaces like restaurants, bars, movie theaters, gyms, hotels and stadiums. The proposal hasn’t been formally introduced in the Legislature, and the timeline for action is unclear. Read more from The Sacramento Bee, Bay Area News Group and Los Angeles Times.