California’s conservatorship system can be used to force people with severe psychiatric illnesses into involuntary medical care for up to a year. Marci Fernandes said the process has been life-changing for her adult daughter, Ann, but significant obstacles to her well-being remain.
Local nonprofit Family Dynamics Resource Center asked the county board for a community match in order to receive $25 million dollars in funding from the state. The funds will be used to develop a 60-bed behavioral health campus for youth. Few details on how the program will operate were provided.
Like the previous nine cases, the newly-infected patient is a minor. Unlike those cases, this patient was partially vaccinated against measles.
SEIU 2015, the labor union that represents Shasta employees who provide In-Home Supportive Services, said it’s taking legal action against the county after supervisors withdrew a wage increase offer made last year. The union has also declared a labor impasse.
To fill Brown’s vacancy, SCOE is accepting qualified applicants that reside in the area he represented.
These county education offices, all starting with the letter “S,” mistakenly got or were missing millions in state funding.
The county says the current measles outbreak is projected to end on March 30, as long as no new cases are reported before then.
Court records show that defense attorney Michael Borges requested the trial be moved because of his involvement in other trials, adding that his independent experts also need more time to complete their work. The prosecution offered no argument against the delay.
The Shasta County Republican Central Committee recently made public endorsements of candidates in local offices, including supervisor and registrar of voters, both of which are nonpartisan positions.
California is battling measles across seven counties as federal funding cuts gut local health departments and vaccine skepticism fuels spread among unvaccinated children.
