SACRAMENTO April 11, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 20,615 confirmed cases and 609 deaths. Racial DemographicsThis initial information, representing 61 percent of COVID-19 cases and 82 percent of deaths, shows the race and ethnicity data is roughly in line with the […]
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M 5.3 earthquake 30km SE of Bodie
April 11, 2020 – The earthquake happened in United States, State of California (population 30,971,320). The nearest places are Pizona (18km), Mono Mills (26km), Bodie (29km), Del Monte (31km), Benton Hot Springs (33km), and 46 more. This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and […]
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CDPH: California has 19,472 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 541 deaths
SACRAMENTO April 10, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 19,472 confirmed cases and 541 deaths. Racial DemographicsThis initial information, representing 54 percent of COVID-19 cases and 53 percent of deaths, shows the race and ethnicity data is roughly in line with the […]
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State Parks Advises Californians to Stay Home and Save Lives for this Weekend’s Traditions
SACRAMENTO, Calif.April 10, 2020 – In preparation for one of the busiest weekends in spring, California State Parks is advising the public to stay home and save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of visiting parks and beaches, the department encourages all Californians who celebrate Passover and Easter to do so safely at home or join […]
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California Conservation Corps Lends Assistance at Local Food Banks
April 10, 2020 – The California Conservation Corps is answering the call to keep Californians fed during the COVID-19 outbreak. Corpsmembers across the state are rolling up their sleeves at local food banks to sort donations, prepare bags and boxes of food, and distribute items to community members. In Sacramento, Corpsmembers from the CCC’s Placer […]
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PG&E Provides Ballots and Information to Eligible Parties for Voting on Its Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. April 10, 2020 – PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (together, “PG&E”) have sent voting materials to approximately 250,000 parties entitled to vote on PG&E’s Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). Eligible voting parties include fire claimants, certain holders of prepetition funded debt and other creditors, and shareholders. All […]
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Legislative Leaders Announce Hearings Focusing on California’s COVID-19 Response
SACRAMENTO, April 9, 2020 – Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) issued the following statement to announce COVID-19 hearings next week: “As we remain on legislative recess to do our part to help flatten the COVID-19 curve and work from our districts to help our constituents […]
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CDPH: California has 18,309 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 492 deaths
SACRAMENTO April 9, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 18,309 confirmed cases and 492 deaths. Racial DemographicsThis initial information, representing 54 percent of COVID-19 cases and 53 percent of deaths, shows the race and ethnicity data is roughly in line with the […]
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AG Becerra Criticizes Lack of Transparency, Sweeping Scope of EPA’s Non-Compliance Policy
SACRAMENTO, April 9, 2020 – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today sent a letter to Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Susan Bodine expressing serious concern over a new policy allowing the EPA to curtail civil enforcement of numerous environmental regulations and statutes during the coronavirus pandemic. In the letter, Attorney General Becerra […]
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CDPH: California has 16,957 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 442 deaths
SACRAMENTO April 8, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 16,957 confirmed cases and 442 deaths. Starting today, racial demographics of COVID-19 cases and deaths, along with expanded data on infection rates of healthcare workers, will be available. Racial Demographics CDPH is releasing […]
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CFC: Allstate’s 15% Premium Cut a Good First Step, Much More Relief Needed for Drivers Idled by COVID-19
Sacramento, April 8, 2020 – Responding to calls from Consumer Federation of California Education Foundation and other consumer groups, Allstate took an important first step in announcing a 15% reduction in monthly automobile insurance premiums for the months of April and May. On March 24, the CFC Education Foundation called on insurance companies in California […]
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Attorneys General Becerra and Healey Lead Multistate Amicus Brief Defending ACA Birth Control Coverage Mandate in Supreme Court
SACRAMENTO, April 8, 2020 – California AttorneyGeneral Xavier Becerra and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting Pennsylvania in its case defending contraceptive coverage and counseling mandated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the brief filed in Donald Trump et al. v. Pennsylvania, the […]
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Feinstein Calls on Senate to Donate Emergency N-95, Cloth Procedure Masks
Washington April 7, 2020 -Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today sent a letter to Senate leadership calling on the Senate Sergeant at Arms to review supplies of N-95 and cloth procedure masks contained in Senate emergency packs and donate them where possible. “As you know, every Senate office has been issued an emergency pack by […]
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CDPH: California has 15,865 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 374 deaths
SACRAMENTO April 7, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 15,865 confirmed cases and 374 deaths. As of April 6, local health departments have reported 269 confirmed positive cases in health care workers. For more information on COVID-19 and California’s response visit the California […]
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California Court Approves Ban on Federal Wildlife Poisoning, Trapping
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 7, 2020 — In response to a lawsuit filed by wildlife advocacy groups, a federal animal-killing program must restrict its use of bird-killing poisons in Northern California and stop setting strangulation snares and other traps in places like the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The agreement, approved today by a San Francisco federal court, […]
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Judge Blocks California Development That Threatens Santa Ana Mountain Lions
TEMECULA, Calif. April 7, 2020 — In a victory over a development that could doom local mountain lions, a judge issued a scathing ruling against the proposed 270-acre Altair development in Western Riverside County in California. Judge Daniel Ottolia found that the development’s environmental review failed to properly account for impacts to imperiled Santa Ana mountain lions. The […]
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AG Becerra Blasts EPA for Endangering Ag Communities by Downgrading Cancer Risk Assessment of Dangerous Pesticide
SACRAMENTO, April 7, 2020– California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, leading a coalition of eight attorneys general, filed a comment letter blasting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revised risk assessment of a widely used, cancer-causing pesticide. This new draft risk assessment downgrades 1,3-dichloropropene’s (1,3-D) cancer rating from “likely to be a carcinogen to humans” to “suggestive […]
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CDPH: California has 14,336 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 343 deaths
SACRAMENTO April 6, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 14,336 confirmed cases and 343 deaths. As of April 5, local health departments have reported 212 confirmed positive cases in health care workers. For more information on COVID-19 and California’s response visit the California […]
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California Courts Suspend Most Evictions During Shelter-In-Place
April 6, 2020 – Today, the Judicial Council, the head of California Courts, issued new rules for court cases in California during COVID-19. The new rules include protections for tenants that will achieve the priorities expressed by the Governor’s March 27th Executive Order, which state that a public health crisis is not the time to proceed with evictions. The […]
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California to Send 500 State-Owned Ventilators to the National Stockpile to Help States in Need
SACRAMENTO April 6, 2020 – Recognizing that states like New York are experiencing immediate supply shortages as a result of COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California would help meet this moment by loaning 500 state-owned ventilators to the Strategic National Stockpile inventory. “California is stepping up to help our fellow Americans in New […]