Hey, guys, it's Ginny Silver with a California update for
you on Saturday, October 2 yesterday on Friday, California
has become the first state to require COVID-19 Vaccinations
in school age children attending public and private schools.
This mandate would take effect for grades seven through twelve.
Fda approval must be in place for the Vaccination in order
for this mandate to take place.
Currently, the FDA has approved Vaccinations for ages 16
and above, pending FDA approval of the Vaccination.
The mandate would take place the school term following FDA
approval. Students age kindergarten through 6th grade would
also be phased in once FDA approval is attained for their
age group.
Students twelve and older could be affected as early as January
2022, pending the FDA approval for the COVID-19 Vaccination
for that age range before the end of the year.
Unlike other Vaccination requirements for school age children,
the plan would permit parents to cite personal beliefs in
refusing to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.
However, California state lawmakers and the governor could
later pass a new law to eliminate the personal belief exemption.
Parents will be required to submit a waiver for medical or
personal beliefs if they wish their child to be accepted
from the COVID-19 vaccine.
If they fail to do so, they would not be allowed to enroll
students for in person classes on school campus.
Unvaccinated students would then have the following options
enroll in a fully online school, attend independent study
programs offered by districts, or be homeschooled.
The governor's office has stated that it will wait to begin
implementing the requirement until it can apply to all students
ages twelve and up.
The start date for this mandate could be either January 1,
2022, July 1, 2022, or January 1, 2023, since the mandate
is slated to start the school term after FDA approval is
achieved, next, California States supplemental sickly to
either recover from COVID-19 or care for a loved one infected
with COVID-19 has come to an end effective September 30.
No legislation was proposed to extend the leave, and the
California state Legislature has now adjourned for the year.
With this supplemental sickly program now gone, California
employees can still take three days of paid sickly per year,
and Additionally, they can take up to eight weeks of paid
family leave to care for a seriously ill family member, which
can be applied for through the California Edd.
Next, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has
stated that immigration officers can no longer detain and
deport immigrants, basically on the fact that they are undocumented.
The new guidelines require a case by case assessment of individuals
in order to determine if they fall under one of the following
categories a suspect of terrorism, espionage, those who have
committed serious crimes, and migrants who illegally crossed
the US Mexico border after November 1, 2020.
Ice officers are no longer permitted to arrest and deport
immigrants who are contributing members of the US community.
This means that contributing members such as faith leaders,
farm workers and Frontline health workers, among others,
will not be able to be arrested or deported as long as they
do not commit a major crime.
Roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the US,
according to the memo, and these new guidelines would go
into effect November 29.
Next, the continuing resolution passed in Congress this last
30 included in it some additional funding set aside for natural
disasters. The Stock Gap Measure, which was passed in Congress
in order to avoid a government shutdown.
With California's drought and wildfire issues, California
is slated to receive additional funding to help cope with
these problems.
By the end of the year.
In 2020, nearly ten0 fires burned over four.
2 million acres, making 2020 the largest wildfire season
recorded in California's modern history.
This year, approximately only seven0 fires have burned over
an estimated one.
9 million acres of land.
136 billion will go to the US Forest Service for dealing
with repercussions of wildfires that have been burned since
2019. $200 million will go to the Bureau of Reclamation,
which oversees water resource management for projects to
address droughts in the west.
$238,000,000 will go to improving California's water infrastructure.
Many have experienced rental relief.
Delays in their applications with housing is key in the state
of California.
United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that
the treasury is doing everything it can to expedite their
delivery. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program is one
example. Prior to the pandemic, there is essentially no national
infrastructure to get the money from the government coffers
to renters and landlords building that infrastructure has
been a massive undertaking for States, localities, and tribes.
The program is scaling up quickly with one 4 million payments
made to help struggling renters to keep a roof over their
heads. Still, too much of the money remains bottleneck at
the States and local levels.
That's why our treasury has been working to eliminate every
piece of red tape possible in order to ensure more payments
can get to renters and landlords.
But States and localities must also work to remove barriers
that can speed up distribution of rental assistance funds
for those of you who are experiencing delays in your rental
assistance applications or you're experiencing statuses that
are not moving through and are noted as pending awaiting
landlord approval or other problems.
I want you to first try to contact housing is key at the
Housing Is Key phone number next, if you have been assigned
a case worker, then follow up with them there.
Additionally, another place to try for assistance.
If your application is not moving would be the State of California
Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.
They can be reached at 906 653-4090.
If you have not yet applied for California rental assistance,
I want to encourage you to do so.
Despite the delays, this program will pay for up to 100%
of your back owed rent as well as future payments and utility
payments. So for those of you who have not yet applied.
Please apply today at housing.
Ca.
Gov for rental assistance.
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Students aged kindergarten through 6th grade would also be
phased in once FDA approval is approved.
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Judy Silver with a California News update for you on Saturday,
December. Skipped Ahead there a little bit.
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