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The release said the vaccine distribution and operations effort will be led by Secretary of the Government Operations Agency Yolanda Richardson in conjunction with Secretary of Health and Human Services and head of the California Department of Public Health Dr. Mark Ghaly. … [Read more...] about COVID Vaccine: California Assumes Greater Control Of Vaccine Distribution

What California is doing: California requires individuals to wear a face mask while on public transportation, including airplanes, ferries and trains, and at boarding points, like airports and train stations. The state issued a travel advisory on Jan. 6 urging Californians to avoid non-essential travel of more than 120 miles from their homes. Out-of-state travelers are “strongly discouraged” from entering the state. Those who enter the state are asked to self-quarantine for 10 days. … [Read more...] about How Biden’s new COVID executive orders compare to what California is already doing

Washington state was among the first hit with fraudulent unemployment claims believed to be tied to a West African fraud ring using identities stolen in prior data breaches, such as the massive 2017 Equifax breach. More than 122,000 fraudulent claims made in the state siphoned $600 million. … [Read more...] about EDD Fraud: California Labor Secretary Says Criminal Rings Looted At Least $11B In Jobless Funds

• Delays in paying claims. “Although it would be unreasonable to have expected a flawless response to such an historic event, EDD’s inefficient processes and lack of advanced planning led to significant delays in its payment of UI claims,” said the report. “EDD was unable to automatically process nearly half of the claims submitted online between March and September 2020; instead, many of these claims required manual intervention from staff. As a result, hundreds of thousands of claimants waited longer than 21 days— EDD’s measure of how quickly it should process a claim—to receive their first benefit payments.” … [Read more...] about EDD mishandled California unemployment claims, auditor says

"In addition to Santa Clara County, the L452R variant has been detected in Humboldt, Lake, Los Angeles, Mono, Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Francisco, San Bernardino, San Diego and San Luis Obispo counties," California health officials said. "Because genomic sequencing is not done equally across the state or country, it is too soon to know how prevalent the 452 variant is statewide, nationally, or globally." … [Read more...] about Hawaii reports case of coronavirus variant linked to California outbreaks