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Carrots, Sticks and Jabs: What Will California Do to Win Over Vaccine Skeptics? Today all Californians 50 and older are now eligible to get their coveted COVID vaccine — including one politically imperiled 53-year-old governor. Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to celebrate this latest benchmark by getting a well-publicized jab himself, thus marking the beginning of the end of what has been a particularly thorny political challenge for the administration: How to make sure the millions of Californians eager to get a vaccine are able to get one. Now it’s on to the next challenge: How to vaccinate t...

As of Thursday, April 1, all Californians 50 and older are now eligible to get the COVID vaccine — including one politically imperiled 53-year-old governor. Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to celebrate this latest benchmark by getting a well-publicized jab himself, thus marking the beginning of the end of what has been a particularly thorny political challenge for the administration: How to make sure the millions of Californians eager to get a vaccine are able to get one. Now it’s on to the next challenge: How to vaccinate the millions of Californians who aren’t quite so eager. A survey relea...

One year later, Santa Clara County public health officer Dr. Sara Cody reflects on the decision to issue the country's first shelter-in-place order, calling it the easiest choice she has made since the start of the pandemic. The bot gathers public data from the site, which tends to be the federal state and local sites, and tweets it out. That's when Darwish started noticing a change last week that benefited Los Angeles dramatically. Luz Pena: "So you are saying right now it seems like the bot is identifying at least 500 appointments that are open in LA? How many in the Bay Area?

Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) announced today that she has reintroduced legislation to correct an outdated interpretation of property “change of ownership” that has been part of the long running debate around commercial property and Proposition 13 (the 1978 initiative that limited property tax increases). “Proposition 13 ensures that property taxes do not skyrocket for any California homeowner or business,” said Senator Bates. “But it is not right that some people have exploited an outdated interpretation of Prop. 13 to avoid paying the property taxes that they legitimate...

California Democrats propose higher business taxes to pay for homeless programs FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 In this May 21, 2020 file photo, a man is seen at a homeless encampment under Interstate 110 in downtown Los Angeles. A coalition in California is proposing legislation to boost taxes corporations to raise $2.4 billion for homeless programs.Mark J. Terrill / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Assemblyman David Chiu gives lunches to neighborhood residents at the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center in San Francisco in April.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less SACRAMENTO — ...