Press Advisories

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.

Approximately 14,000 In-Home Support Service workers time sheets are rejected by the State of California’s payment system every month resulting in devastating delays of the providers’ monthly paycheck.

Sacramento, CA – In response to California’s Auditor declaring last month that all levels of government in California have “failed to adequately oversee the prescription of psychotropic medications to children in foster care” and it disclosed a system-wide failure regarding the tracking of psychotropic medication patterns, an oversight hearing in the State Capitol will be held to officially present the findings and begin to outline solutions.

Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire (D-North Coast), chairman of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture, will open Wednesday’s “Fish, Flows and Marijuana Grows” hearing to examine the impacts of the historic drought and marijuana grows on the state’s fisheries and natural resources.

The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. this Wednesday, July 1 in Room 2040 at the State Capitol in Sacramento. It will also be livestreamed on the Senate’s website, which can be found at www.senate.ca.gov under “Today’s Events.”

Sacramento, CA – Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) issued the following statement today on SB 128: “The passage of today’s legislation has been well over a decade in the making – with retired North Coast Assemblywoman Patty Berg blazing the trail. We are one step closer to providing terminally ill Californians the ability to choose death with dignity. I’m grateful to Senator Wolk and Monning for all of their work on this historic achievement.”

Senator Mike McGuire is a co-author of Senate Bill 128.