California aims to more than double vaccination rate in new partnership with Blue Shield
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Large tents are set up for the drive-through portion of the mass vaccination site at the Oakland Coliseum on Friday.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Workers build a mass vaccination site Friday at the Oakland Coliseum. The site opens Tuesday, a few days after S.F. announced it is temporarily closing two clinics over supply problems.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
California aims to vaccinate up to 3 million people a week by March 1 more than double its current rate under a distribution contract with Blue Shield that took effect Monday. The goal was set even as counties continued to face frustrating supply problems.
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California state regulators announced on Monday a step toward creating incentives to retrofit older homes to make them more resilient to fires as consecutive years of catastrophic wildfires in the state drive up the cost of insuring homes
Feb. 8 Amid a continuing insurance crisis in California's wildfire country, multiple state agencies will work together to create a unified standard for home hardening the business of making buildings and communities more resistant to fires. The Department of Insurance announced Monday it will develop the standards in partnership with Cal Fire, the.
California to Establish Home And Community Hardening Standards for Insurance
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced a new partnership between the California Department of Insurance and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration to establish statewide standards for home and community hardening aimed at reducing wildfire risk, protecting lives and property and making insurance available and affordable to residents and businesses.
The partnership includes the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Public Utilities Commission.
While California has existing wildfire building standards for new development as established by Calfire, the new partnership consisting of state wildfire, catastrophe, and insurance experts will establish consistent standards based in fire science, and apply to retrofits for older existing homes to help them see