Apr 27, 2021
[Editor’s note: This article contains strong language that readers might find offensive or disturbing.]
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. Dr. Gail Newel looks back on the past year and struggles to articulate exactly when the public bellows of frustration around her covid-related health orders morphed into something darker and more menacing.
Certainly, there was that Sunday afternoon in May, when protesters broke through the gates to her private hillside neighborhood, took up positions around her home, and sang “Gail to Jail,” a ritual they would repeat every Sunday for weeks.
Or the county Board of Supervisors meeting not long after, where a visibly agitated man waiting for his turn at the microphone suddenly lunged at her over a small partition, staring her down even as sheriff’s deputies flanked him and authorities cleared the room.
Another California soda tax bill dies. Another win for Big Soda
Samantha Young
A rogue industry. A gun to our head. Extortion.
That’s how infuriated lawmakers described soft drink companies and what they pulled off in 2018 when they scored a legislative deal that bars California’s cities and counties from imposing taxes on sugary drinks.
Yet, despite its tarnished reputation, the deep-pocketed industry continues to exert its political influence in the nation’s most populous state, spending millions of dollars on politically connected lobbyists and doling out campaign contributions to nearly every state lawmaker.
The result? Bills long opposed by Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo and other beverage companies continue to flounder. Just two weeks ago, a measure that would have undone the 2018 deal that lawmakers so vehemently protested was shelved without a hearing.
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This survey began two months after the first health care providers in California began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. The goal was to learn about providers’ personal vaccine experience and perspectives on issues around COVID-19 vaccines, including the vaccination program for the general public.
The survey found that vaccination rates are largely consistent across occupation, workplace setting, region, gender, age, race/ethnicity and patient population.
Statewide, 91% of health care providers have received one (7%) or both (84%) doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Of those who have not, 13% say they will “never” get the vaccine, representing 1% of the total sample.
Eighty-five percent of providers who have been vaccinated agree that they are less worried about contracting COVID-19 at work and 74% agree that they are less worried about giving someone else COVID-19.
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Partnership that serves Veterans in California has a three-decade history of success
Partnerships throughout the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) add to what VA is already able to provide to Veterans when partners bring their resources and strategies to the table, the result is always good news for Veterans and their families and communities. One such “good news” partnership is between the VA Center for Development and Civic Engagement (CDCE) leadership within the VA Central California Health Care System and the nonprofit Central Valley Veterans (CVV). This partnership is especially noteworthy because it has been in place for 30 years. Other partnerships throughout VA can find inspiration in the longevity of this collaboration that offers Veterans so much.