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CA Legislature Creating an ‘Office of Healthcare Affordability:’ What Could Go Wrong?

February 9, 2021 1:01 pmFebruary 11, 2021 9:37 am

The California Legislature has a proposal to create an Office of Healthcare Affordability. Sounding Orwellian, while a new agency focused on making healthcare more affordable may be just what the doctor ordered, this proposal creates a massive new bureaucracy and...

Proposed Bill Prohibiting Nondisclosure Agreements

February 9, 2021 9:31 amFebruary 11, 2021 9:37 am

Senator Connie Leyva introduced Senate Bill 331 Monday February 8th, to expand existing law on settlement and non-disparagement agreement. The bill would amend Section 1001 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Section 12964.5 of the Government Code. Existing law...

New Bill Requires Public Health Officials Give 72 Hours Notice of COVID Notices

February 9, 2021 8:27 amFebruary 11, 2021 9:43 am

On February 8, Senator Rosilicie Ochoa-Bogh (R-Yucaipa), introduced Senate Bill 336 which would require that, before the State Department of Public Health (DPH) or a local health official takes measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, DPH and local health...

Dept. of Insurance Announces New Agreement With State Agencies Over Fireproofing Homes

February 9, 2021 2:27 amFebruary 11, 2021 9:36 am

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Monday the creation of new incentives for homeowners of older homes to make them more fireproof. The new “home hardening” incentive came as part of an announcement on Tuesday to establish a new partnership...

New Bill Would Reform State Park Reservation Systems

February 8, 2021 5:22 pmFebruary 8, 2021 5:34 pm

A bill that would completely overhaul the California State Park reservation system was introduced Monday in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 472, authored by Assemblyman Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) would formally ban the use of automated programs, or as stated in...

Whistleblower Allegations From Inside Gov. Newsom’s Billion-Dollar COVID Lab

February 8, 2021 5:17 pmFebruary 11, 2021 9:41 am

A blistering report Monday from CBS13 Sacramento reported thousands of inconclusive test results coming out of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $100 million COVID-19 testing lab with the $1.7 billion contract with PerkinElmer. All of this expense was supposed to ramp up...

Bill to Allow Opt-Out from Receiving Commercial Mail Advertising

February 8, 2021 5:04 pmFebruary 11, 2021 9:41 am

On February 5, Senator Monique Limon (D-Santa Barbara) introduced Senate Bill 324, related to unsolicited commercial mail advertisements. The bill would add Article 10 (commencing with Section 17610) to Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Business...