[Source: The National Law Review] We previously reported on three significant pieces of California PFAS legislation that were before California’s Governor Newsom for ratification. Two of the bills were passed, which means that several categories of products will have applicable PFAS bans. The third bill was not signed by the Governor, which would have required Read More…
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California releases ‘Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening’
[Source: CalChamber] On July 24, 2020, when the reported number of COVID-19 cases in California surpassed 425,000, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new playbook — called the “Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening” — to guide employers on how to provide a safe and clean environment for workers and customers to reduce the risk of Read More…
State should protect essential businesses from frivolous and predatory lawsuits
[Source: CalMatters] The COVID-19 pandemic has created an extremely trying situation for essential businesses, which have stepped up in amazing and heroic ways to provide the goods and services that Californians rely on daily. But as the state eases quarantine restrictions and takes steps to reopen, essential businesses face yet another devastating threat to operations Read More…
Dems aim to bring big-government programs to floor vote with 2019 House takeover
[Source: By Fred Lucas | Fox News] Expect to hear the words “free,” “guaranteed” and “for all” a whole lot more in the new year as Democrats prepare an arsenal of big-government bills that could actually see a floor vote once they take control of the House. Come January, proposals like “Medicare for all” and Read More…
The health care issue in California and beyond
[Source: Fox & Hounds] Good move, Mr. Speaker. The single payer health care measure incorporated in Senate Bill 562 was “woefully incomplete” as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon declared. Rendon’s move to bury the bill in the Assembly Rules Committee was driven by both policy and political concerns. The health care improvements cannot be fixed by Read More…
Single-payer healthcare for California is, in fact, very doable
[Source: Los Angeles Times Op-Ed] The California Senate recently voted to pass a bill that would establish a single-payer healthcare system for the entire state. The proposal, called the Healthy California Act, will now be taken up by the state Assembly. The plan enjoys widespread support — a recent poll commissioned by the California Nurses Read More…
Cancer is mostly random, study confirms
[Source: NBC News] Random mutations are the single biggest factor in causing cancer, researchers reaffirmed Thursday. About two-thirds of the genetic mutations that lead to cancer happen simply because of random errors made as cells divide and not because of diet, chemicals or inherited genes, the team at Johns Hopkins University said. “We hope that Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown warns of major ripple effects in California if Obamacare is repealed
[Source: The Los Angeles Times] Gov. Jerry Brown issued a terse but pointed response Friday to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s request for input on repealing the Affordable Care Act, warning of spiraling damage to healthcare coverage, premium costs and the state budget. Brown’s letter to McCarthy argued that repealing Obamacare without an alternative plan would lead Read More…
Global economic crisis tied to thousands of cancer deaths
[Source: CBS News] The global economic downturn of 2008 to 2010 — along with the rise in unemployment that came with it — was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths, many of which were considered treatable, according to new research. The study, published in The Lancet, also found that the effect was lessened Read More…