Sacramento, CA – With the Sonoma Developmental Center slated for closure by 2018, nearly 350 of the most medically fragile patients in the state system will transition into the community and require specialized healthcare services. Senator McGuire and Sonoma County Supervisor Susan Gorin have been committed to ensuring that the health and well-being of SDC residents will be the top priority during and after the transition and closure of the facility.
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Eureka, CA – The skies opened up and so did the hearts of the Humboldt community on Wednesday when high school students, city councilmembers, business and non-profit leaders, Boy Scouts, and children showed up in the pouring rain to donate OVER one and half TONS of food during Senator McGuire’s first annual “Drop-off and Donate” food drive event.
Lower Lake, CA – Immediately after the Clayton Fire suddenly changed course and swept through Lower Lake devastating the area, (less than a year after the third worst wildfire in our state’s history had caused devastation in South Lake County) the partners that collaborated to raise over $2.5 million for Valley Fire survivors, moved into action again to raise much-needed funds for Clayton Fire survivors.
Sacramento, CA – Last week, Rockport Healthcare Services announced they were going to keep two of three skilled nursing facilities open – despite three months of dangerous rhetoric that they were going to close Eureka and Seaview Rehabilitation and Wellness Centers.
Sacramento, CA – With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and as families finalize their plans, we hope folks will mark their calendars and join Senator McGuire for his annual Del Norte County Town Hall the following week.
Sacramento, CA – Years of research, experience and just plain common sense have shown that childhood experiences, both positive and negative, can have a tremendous impact on lifelong health and opportunity – and on the potential to commit or be victimized by violence.
Sacramento, CA – The State of California’s payment processing system - responsible for paying hundreds of thousands of caregivers each month – has experienced significant failures and delays of payment to some of the hardest working, lowest paid employees each month for several years.
Sacramento, CA – The final vote has been cast by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that will open up $10 million in funding for rural and small school districts to replace their aging and dilapidated school buses.