CHL Weekly Edition: Sept. 15, 2023
Legislature Passes Newsom’s Proposal to Retool Mental Health Services Act
By Molly Castle Work
The California Legislature greenlighted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest plan to build more housing and increase addiction treatment as part of his response to the state’s homelessness and drug crises.
California Lawmakers Approve Nation-Leading $25 Minimum Wage for Health Workers
By Don Thompson
A sweeping agreement approved by state lawmakers would gradually raise the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of health workers to a nation-leading $25 an hour. The pact would also end labor’s years-long battle with dialysis clinics.