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Healthcare Company Optum Announces SoCal Workers Layoffs

July 30, 2024 2:35 amJuly 30, 2024 2:36 am

Optum, a healthcare company and subsidiary of UnitedHealth, announced during the weekend that 364 healthcare workers in Southern California will be laid off between September and January 2025, with 525 being laid off nationwide. While in recent years the Bay...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Delaying Healthcare Worker Minimum Wage Increase By One Month

June 4, 2024 2:45 amJune 4, 2024 2:46 am

An urgent bill that delays the minimum wage of healthcare workers from increasing to $23 an hour was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom over the weekend, delaying the increase from what was supposed to be on June 1st to July...

Bill To Establish State Policy on Mental Health Crisis in Schools Passes Sen. Committee

April 22, 2021 2:55 pm

A bill that would create a statewide policy to develop a statewide approach on dealing with the mental health crisis in schools passed unanimously in the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday. Senate Bill 525, authored by Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield),...