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California Democratic Party endorses Rudy Salas for Congress in 22nd Congressional District

California Democratic Party endorses Rudy Salas for Congress in 22nd Congressional District
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Vaccine rollout for farmworkers is fraught with confusion and bad timing


Vaccine rollout for farmworkers is fraught with confusion and bad timing
Anita Chabria
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Agriculture workers process sweet corn on a packaging line in Lodi. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
In the wine region of northern San Joaquin Valley, the coarse spindles of pruned grapevines are sprouting delicate creepers that curl toward wire trellises, and cherry trees are shedding soft pink blossoms.
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Along with spring, the second harvest season of the pandemic has arrived. Fields and packing sheds soon will be filled with workers, many of whom are migrants and already traveling up the Central Valley as crops ripen. ....

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Vaccine rollout hit-or-miss for California farmworkers


California’s vaccine rollout is missing millions who work in risky conditions, and it’s unclear when those with less visible jobs can get inoculated.
San Joaquin County Director of Health Care Services Greg Diederich echoed that frustration, calling the transition “opaque.” Though Blue Shield was supposed to begin its overseer role with his county last week, it did not, offering little explanation for the delay, he said. In Fresno on Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the transition for “first wave” counties including San Joaquin would happen Monday.
When the transition does take place, Diederich does not know whether his agency will continue to have the ability to run farmworker clinics or “if ultimately [Blue Shield] determines who does what and gets what, and public health kind of takes a back seat,” he said. The uncertainty has prompted county officials in San Joaquin and Ventura to openly ponder whether they can opt out of Blue Shield’s oversight. ....

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