A bill that would would require Medi-Cal to pay the actual costs of providing outpatient services in designated critical access hospitals, saw increased support this week. The result would be a boost for rural hospitals which would no longer lose...
A new bipartisan bill to ban homeless encampments from many public areas across the state was introduced in the Senate this week, with Republicans and Democrats coming together. Senate Bill 1011, jointly authored by Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) and Senator...
A bill that would allow community service officers (CSOs) to give hearsay testimony in court passed the Senate on Monday, with only a handful of Democratic Senators either voting against the bill or abstaining from the vote. Senate Bill 804,...
A bill that would exclude settlement payments made in connection with any declared state of emergency from taxable income was introduced in the Senate on Thursday, building on several bills that covered certain disasters, such as a bill made into...
In a social media post on Wednesday, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) announced that during a hospitalization in December she had suffered a stroke, but is now currently in recovery and is set to return to the Assembly as soon as...
Governor Gavin Newsom’s recently announced $300 million block of funding to clear homeless encampments and provide housing for homeless across the state met increasing criticism on Wednesday as more lawmakers and aid groups have continued to speak out against it....
Since the last report by the Globe in August, the 2024 U.S. Senate race in California for Senator Feinstein’s seat has slowed down some. However, the last month did bring a few new changes and, as what is now a...