COVID-19 Rent Relief Program Launches
The California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) announced the launch of the COVID-19 Rent Relief Program. With as many as 1.5 million Californian renters behind on rent and at risk of eviction because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Community Vaccine Centers Focus on the Second Shots of the Pfizer Vaccine Series, Implement One-Dose Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Last week the state-led, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) in Oakland and Los Angeles started giving second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations. The Pfizer vaccine is given in a series of two shots, and the CVCs have completed...
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Made Available to Los Angeles Community, State Health Officials Tour Mobile Vaccination Clinic
To safely, effectively, and expeditiously vaccinate as many Californians as possible against COVID-19, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday, March 11, 2021,...
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Delivered to Community Vaccination Centers
To safely and expeditiously vaccinate as many Californians as possible against COVID-19, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today began providing the Johnson & Johnson...
Demographic Data at Oakland and Los Angeles COVID-19 Vaccine Sites
SACRAMENTO – Today, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released demographic data on the populations being served at the state/federal community vaccine clinics in Oakland and Los...
Podcast #84: Covid-19 Vaccinations on a Mega Scale: Figuring out What Right Looks Like
This episode of All Hazards (#84) takes us to the front lines of the fight against Covid-19, the vaccination super site located at Cal State Los Angeles. We sit down with some of the top leadership there: David Stone, Cal OES Fire & Rescue...
Officials Remind Property Owners Doing Own Debris Removal After Opting into State’s Consolidated Program Face Disqualification
State officials coordinating the removal of debris caused by last year's wildfires are reminding property owners participating in the state's Consolidated Debris Removal Program that performing any debris removal work themselves once state...
Alternate Care Sites Reducing to Warm Status As COVID Rates Improve
As COVID-19 hospitalizations and positivity rates continue to decline, the California Health and Human Services Agency and Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) today announced reductions in medical surge sites set up throughout the...
First Round Vaccination Shots Exceed a Quarter Million at Groundbreaking Community Vaccination Centers
Two large-scale, state-led, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) were set up in Alameda and Los Angeles counties to increase California’s vaccination rate effectively and ensure all communities are served equitably. To get...
Deadline Approaching in California for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Civil Unrest
SACRAMENTO – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded California small businesses of the April 7, 2021, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for...
Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order extending authorization for local governments to halt evictions for commercial renters impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through June 30, 2021. The order also extends protections...
Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup Recommends Johnson & Johnson Vaccine, Confirms it is Safe and Effective
The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup has completed its review of the federal process and concluded the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for use in the Western States. The Workgroup provided its...
DHS Announces $180 Million Security Grant Program Open to Nonprofits in California and Nationwide
The Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the FY 2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) in the amount of $180,000,000, available nationwide to nonprofits. Of this amount, $90,000,000 is available to...
Funcionarios estatales anuncian los últimos hechos de COVID-19
Hoy, el Departamento de Salud Pública de California (CDPH) publicó las estadísticas más recientes sobre COVID-19, que incluyen datos actualizados y niveles para reducir COVID-19 en el estado bajo el Plan para una Economía más Segura. Datos de...
First-in-the-Nation Joint Community Vaccination Centers on Target After Two Weeks
Just two weeks into a groundbreaking, first-in-the-nation initiative, more than 168,000 Californians have received their first shot of the two-shot series, at State/Federal Community Vaccination Centers (CVC) and their Mobile Vaccination Clinics...