California Department of Public Health Archives

Newsom Admin Allows Hospitals to Force COVID-Positive Healthcare Employees to Work if Asymptomatic

January 10, 2022 7:01 amJanuary 10, 2022 10:42 am

This story has been edited to include comment from CDPH and to clarify that the CDPH is not forcing healthcare workers back but rather is allowing hospitals to do so. In addition to unveiling a proposed $2.7 billion COVID-19 Emergency...

Is the Legal Bill Coming Due Over California’s Nursing Home COVID Deaths?

December 27, 2021 2:20 amJanuary 6, 2022 12:47 pm

Several U.S. Governors ordered COVID-19 patients into nursing homes during the pandemic in 2020. But it was only Democrat governors in blue states: Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan,...

SEIU Leader Suspended For Six Months Following $44,000 Time Sheet Fraud

November 29, 2021 12:00 pmDecember 8, 2021 3:47 pm

Tony Owens, the former Vice President of Bargaining for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 in Los Angeles, was suspended for six months without pay from his California Public Employee’s Retirement System (CalPERS) on Monday following an investigation...

Los Angeles Unified School Board Mandates Vaccinations For All Students 12 and Up

September 10, 2021 2:30 amSeptember 9, 2021 7:51 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School Board approved a mandate that requires all students in the district ages 12 and up to be vaccinated against COVID-19 during a special meeting on Thursday. The mandate, which was proposed last month following an...

Ric Grenell’s ‘Fix California’ Files Injunction Against Latest Los Angeles Mask Mandate

July 17, 2021 8:39 amJuly 22, 2021 7:32 am

“I’m hearing that @RichardGrenell‘s #FixCalifornia is working to file an injunction against the latest Los Angeles County mask mandate. This is good, because I have a lot of questions,” the Globe Tweeted Friday. We referenced our article reporting that Los...

Why Are California Cities’ Public Health Officers Really Ordering Masks Worn Indoors?

July 16, 2021 2:37 amJuly 15, 2021 9:44 pm

Thursday, Los Angeles County public health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis, announced at a video press conference a new order requiring masks be worn by LA residents when indoors, regardless of vaccination status — effective Sunday morning at 12:01AM. If Los...

CA Department of Public Health Reverses Course on Stricter School COVID-19 Rules

July 13, 2021 11:09 am

The California Department of Health abruptly changed course on school COVID-19 regulations several times on Monday, removing many previously announced regulations and giving more control to local districts over a broad statewide mandate. The largest mandate, mandatory face masks, still...