November 2, 2021 The Honorable Gavin Newsom, Governor of California: We, members of the statewide and national Save Our Seniors Network, are outraged at your October 7, 2021, veto of Assembly Bill 279. AB 279 was straightforward urgency legislation to protect seniors. It received an overwhelming, bipartisan 91 AYES to 10 NOES (95%) cumulative vote in … Read more
From CalMatters.org, by Jocelyn Wiener October 6, 2021: Read the article here:https://calmatters.org/health/2021/10/nursing-homes-oversight-california-hearing/ Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi of Los Angeles, who introduced legislation earlier this year to address some of these issues, also grilled Dunham about the department’s performance in caring for California’s most vulnerable residents.. “What I’m hearing is a lengthy history, that goes back … Read more
Laguna Honda’s COVID-19 Outbreak Offers Lessons for Other Long-Term Care Homes This week San Francisco health officials have begun testing everyone at skilled nursing facilities for COVID-19, beginning with the county-run Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, where an early outbreak has amassed 21 cases of the virus among patients and staff. It could have … Read more
Grassroots Chinatown organization supports efforts of seniors at the Sakura Intermediate Care Facility desire to stay in the safety of their Boyle Heights home in opposition to corporate violence from Pacifica Companies Find out more about CCED-Los Angeles: https://www.ccedla.org/https://www.facebook.com/ccedla https://instagram.com/ccedla
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) Calls Upon the California Department to Reject Pacifica Companies’ 2nd Plan to Evict Seniors from the Sakura Intermediate Care Facility (ICF)
