CA Gov. Gavin Newsom announces appointments to state government
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Four UC Berkeley alumni and faculty were part of the appointments to the state government announced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. These appointments include Chris Downey to the California Commission on Disability Access, Eric Heins to the California Gambling Control Commission, Saralyn M. Ang-Olson to the California Department of Health Care Services and Arthur Krantz to the California Public Employment Relations Board.
The criticism, in a letter to Newsom, casts doubt on whether there is broad support among educators for Newsom’s proposal to reopen some classrooms soon.
Newsom himself may share much of the blame. The governor, who had already come to embody the left in this polarized nation, used the briefings to cement himself as the sole voice of the state’s response inflaming the politicization of the pandemic, while at the same time boosting his name recognition in California and beyond its borders.
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But as the crisis has dragged on, the Democratic governor’s credibility has been eroded by more than his decision in November to attend a lobbyist’s birthday party at an upscale restaurant as he advised Californians to stay home. Critics say Newsom frequently hypes announcements and keeps local government and public officials in the dark about his plans.
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Two Democrat California lawmakers are pressing Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom to provide free health care to migrants who are in the United States illegally at a price tag of $2.6 Billion annually to taxpayers in the state.
This hand-out would be accomplished by making illegal migrants like their citizen counterparts eligible up to age 26 to qualify for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program for low-income residents.
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San Francisco Chroniclereported on “fiercely liberal” Los Angeles State Senator María Elena Durazo and California Assembly member Joaquin Arambula, who, “emboldened by the win of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden,” are pursuing their agenda:
California lawmakers to Newsom: Give all immigrants health coverage
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Dr. Carlos Ramirez enters an exam room to see a patient at Terra Nova Clinic in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood in May. His clinic serves only the uninsured, and most of his clients are undocumented, working poor. A legislative proposal would offer coverage to undocumented immigrants in California.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
SACRAMENTO California Democratic lawmakers so far have failed to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom that the state can afford to spend an estimated $2.6 billion a year to expand its Medicaid program to all unauthorized immigrants.
Now, they’re trying a new strategy.