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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068555/im-diabetic-what-should-i-know-about-insulin-price-changes-in-2026\">Leer en inglés\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California es el primer estado del país en asociarse con una organización sin fines de lucro para desarrollar, producir y vender \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998855/california-will-offer-deeply-discounted-insulin-in-january\">su propia insulina\u003c/a> como solución a los altos precios de esta \u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/herramientas-recursos/insulina-asequible\">hormona vital\u003c/a>, que ayuda al organismo a \u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/salud-bienestar/medicamentos/conceptos-b%C3%A1sicos-sobre-insulina\">procesar o almacenar\u003c/a> el azúcar procedente de los alimentos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La organización sin fines de lucro, Civica, actualmente va desarrollando una inyección subcutánea bajo la marca CalRx y que proveerá “insulina biosimilar”, lo que hace referencia a la insulina comercial que ya ha sido aprobada por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) y no presenta “\u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">diferencias clínicamente significativas\u003c/a> con respecto a su producto de referencia en términos de seguridad, pureza y potencia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La inyección CalRx puede sustituir a Lantus y otras insulinas glarginas de marca, según un portavoz del Departamento de Acceso e Información Sanitaria (HCAI por sus siglas en inglés) del estado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California no esperó a que la industria farmacéutica hiciera lo correcto, nosotros tomamos cartas en el asunto”, declaró el gobernador Gavin Newsom en un \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/16/governor-newsom-announces-affordable-calrx-insulin-11-a-pen-will-soon-be-available-for-purchase/\">comunicado de prensa de octubre\u003c/a> sobre la insulina CalRx.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ningún californiano debería tener que racionar la insulina o endeudarse para seguir con vida, y no voy a parar hasta que se reduzcan los costes sanitarios para todos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La iniciativa podría suponer un importante alivio financiero para \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-work/diabetes\">casi 3.5 millones de californianos\u003c/a> a los que se les ha diagnosticado diabetes, la mayoría de los cuales padecen diabetes tipo 2, en la que el cuerpo no puede utilizar la insulina correctamente. El tipo 1 se da cuando el cuerpo produce poca o ninguna insulina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/health-wellness/medication/insulin-basics\">La diabetes tipo 1 o tipo 2\u003c/a> puede afectar a los \u003ca href=\"https://www.uvahealth.com/conditions/diabetes-types#googtrans/en/es/\">niveles de energía y al funcionamiento de los órganos\u003c/a>. Las inyecciones de insulina, o en algunos casos, las pastillas para la diabetes ayudan a las funciones principales del cuerpo. El \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/php/data-research/index.html\">Informe Nacional de Estadísticas sobre la Diabetes\u003c/a> reveló que 38.4 millones de personas tienen diabetes, casi el 12% de la población del país.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siga leyendo para obtener más información sobre los cambios en el precio de la insulina en California, cómo funcionarán las recetas y dónde encontrar más recursos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Cuál es el precio previsto de la insulina CalRx?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>La dificultad para conseguir la insulina en EE.UU. es \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/11/12/fake-eli-lilly-twitter-account-claims-insulin-is-free-stock-falls-43/\">un problema \u003c/a>ya bien documentado debido a un mercado \u003ca href=\"https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/the-price-of-insulin-a-qanda-with-kasia-lipska/\">dominado por tres grandes empresas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La insulina es entre \u003ca href=\"https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/the-price-of-insulin-a-qanda-with-kasia-lipska/\">siete y diez veces más cara en EE.UU. que en otros países\u003c/a>, a pesar de que su producción es de bajo costo, según un artículo de 2023 de la facultad de medicina de la Universidad de Yale. De hecho, esta investigación explica que “el mismo vial de insulina que costaba 21 dólares en Estados Unidos en 1996 ahora cuesta más de 250 dólares”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalRx pretende ser otro competidor en el mercado y presenta una alternativa más económica, con uno de los motivos de esta iniciativa pública siendo que otros fabricantes “\u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">bajen sus precios también\u003c/a>“.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según el estado y Civica, el \u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">precio de venta\u003c/a> al público sugerido es:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>No más de 30 dólares por un vial de insulina de 10 ml.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No más de 55 dólares por un paquete de 5 inyecciones de 3 ml.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Según el portavoz de la HCAI en un correo electrónico enviado a KQED, “el precio que paga el consumidor podría ser incluso menor., dependiendo de la cobertura de su seguro médico”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varios grupos que defienden las necesidades de las personas con diabetes consideran el lanzamiento de este producto una victoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Esperamos con interés el lanzamiento de la insulina CalRx® en enero”, escribió Christine Fallabel, directora de asuntos gubernamentales estatales de la Asociación Americana de Diabetes, en un correo electrónico enviado a KQED. “Cualquier medida significativa para mejorar la asequibilidad de la insulina y ofrecer opciones adicionales es una victoria para las personas con diabetes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fallabel también señaló la reciente aprobación del \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB40/id/3030089\">proyecto de ley 40 del Senado\u003c/a>, que prohíbe los copagos elevados por el suministro mensual de insulina, como otra decisión estatal que contribuye a la accesibilidad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomInsulinAP-1536x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gavin Newsom hace una presentación en una pequeña farmacia.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomInsulinAP-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomInsulinAP-1536x1024-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, presenta las inyecciones de insulina glargina de la marca CalRx en una conferencia de prensa el 16 de octubre de 2025 en una farmacia en Los Ángeles. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Qué debo hacer si estoy pagando más de 55 dólares?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Según el portavoz de la HCAI, “CalRx y Civica no pueden imponer el precio final al consumidor, ya que esto entraría en conflicto con la ley antimonopolio y de competencia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el portavoz afirmó en un correo electrónico a KQED que Civica tiene previsto incluir un código QR en el lateral de las cajas del producto, para que los consumidores puedan informar si gastaron más de 55 dólares en su compra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“En ese momento, Civica se pondría en contacto con la farmacia para solucionar el problema”, dijo el portavoz.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Dónde puedo conseguir la insulina CalRx? ¿Necesito receta médica?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No es necesario completar una solicitud para acceder a la nueva insulina y no hay requisitos de elegibilidad. \u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">No es necesario tener seguro médico\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La amplia distribución al por mayor permitirá a cualquier farmacia de California pedir insulina glargina CalRx”, explicaron funcionarios del estado por correo electrónico. Un sistema de entrega a domicilio todavía sigue en desarrollo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las personas interesadas en la insulina CalRx pueden “preguntar a su farmacéutico o médico si pueden cambiar su receta por insulina glargina CalRx”, informó a KQED el portavoz de la HCAI. Pero cabe agregar que la insulina CalRx es intercambiable con otras marcas y por esa razón, \u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">no se necesita una nueva receta médica\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Los planes de salud se encargarán de comunicar la insulina glargina CalRx a sus proveedores y redes de pacientes”, afirmó la HCAI.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Pueden acceder a ella personas de otros estados?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>El portavoz de la HCAI confirmó con KQED que “sí, la insulina glargina de Civica Rx estará disponible en otros estados bajo la etiqueta de Civica Rx”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Dónde puedo obtener más información?\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/\">Sitio web de CalRx\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://calrx.ca.gov/uploads/2025/10/CalRx_Fact-Sheet.pdf\">Hoja informativa de CalRx\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/sobre-nosotros/informacion-del-centro\">Centro de información de la Asociación Americana de Diabetes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/sobre-nosotros/informacion-del-centro\">Conceptos básicos sobre la insulina para la diabetes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://civicainsulin.org/\">Insulina Civica\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.t1international.com/media/assets/file/Sept_2022_Update_-_T1International_Affordability_Resources.pdf\">T1International\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adembosky\">April Dembosky\u003c/a>, de KQED, ha contribuido a este artículo, el cual fue traducido por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mpena/\">María Peña\u003c/a> y esa traducción fue editada por el periodista \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068555/im-diabetic-what-should-i-know-about-insulin-price-changes-in-2026\">Leer en inglés\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California es el primer estado del país en asociarse con una organización sin fines de lucro para desarrollar, producir y vender \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998855/california-will-offer-deeply-discounted-insulin-in-january\">su propia insulina\u003c/a> como solución a los altos precios de esta \u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/herramientas-recursos/insulina-asequible\">hormona vital\u003c/a>, que ayuda al organismo a \u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/salud-bienestar/medicamentos/conceptos-b%C3%A1sicos-sobre-insulina\">procesar o almacenar\u003c/a> el azúcar procedente de los alimentos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La organización sin fines de lucro, Civica, actualmente va desarrollando una inyección subcutánea bajo la marca CalRx y que proveerá “insulina biosimilar”, lo que hace referencia a la insulina comercial que ya ha sido aprobada por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) y no presenta “\u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">diferencias clínicamente significativas\u003c/a> con respecto a su producto de referencia en términos de seguridad, pureza y potencia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La inyección CalRx puede sustituir a Lantus y otras insulinas glarginas de marca, según un portavoz del Departamento de Acceso e Información Sanitaria (HCAI por sus siglas en inglés) del estado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California no esperó a que la industria farmacéutica hiciera lo correcto, nosotros tomamos cartas en el asunto”, declaró el gobernador Gavin Newsom en un \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/16/governor-newsom-announces-affordable-calrx-insulin-11-a-pen-will-soon-be-available-for-purchase/\">comunicado de prensa de octubre\u003c/a> sobre la insulina CalRx.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ningún californiano debería tener que racionar la insulina o endeudarse para seguir con vida, y no voy a parar hasta que se reduzcan los costes sanitarios para todos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La iniciativa podría suponer un importante alivio financiero para \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-work/diabetes\">casi 3.5 millones de californianos\u003c/a> a los que se les ha diagnosticado diabetes, la mayoría de los cuales padecen diabetes tipo 2, en la que el cuerpo no puede utilizar la insulina correctamente. El tipo 1 se da cuando el cuerpo produce poca o ninguna insulina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/health-wellness/medication/insulin-basics\">La diabetes tipo 1 o tipo 2\u003c/a> puede afectar a los \u003ca href=\"https://www.uvahealth.com/conditions/diabetes-types#googtrans/en/es/\">niveles de energía y al funcionamiento de los órganos\u003c/a>. Las inyecciones de insulina, o en algunos casos, las pastillas para la diabetes ayudan a las funciones principales del cuerpo. El \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/php/data-research/index.html\">Informe Nacional de Estadísticas sobre la Diabetes\u003c/a> reveló que 38.4 millones de personas tienen diabetes, casi el 12% de la población del país.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siga leyendo para obtener más información sobre los cambios en el precio de la insulina en California, cómo funcionarán las recetas y dónde encontrar más recursos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Cuál es el precio previsto de la insulina CalRx?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>La dificultad para conseguir la insulina en EE.UU. es \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/11/12/fake-eli-lilly-twitter-account-claims-insulin-is-free-stock-falls-43/\">un problema \u003c/a>ya bien documentado debido a un mercado \u003ca href=\"https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/the-price-of-insulin-a-qanda-with-kasia-lipska/\">dominado por tres grandes empresas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La insulina es entre \u003ca href=\"https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/the-price-of-insulin-a-qanda-with-kasia-lipska/\">siete y diez veces más cara en EE.UU. que en otros países\u003c/a>, a pesar de que su producción es de bajo costo, según un artículo de 2023 de la facultad de medicina de la Universidad de Yale. De hecho, esta investigación explica que “el mismo vial de insulina que costaba 21 dólares en Estados Unidos en 1996 ahora cuesta más de 250 dólares”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalRx pretende ser otro competidor en el mercado y presenta una alternativa más económica, con uno de los motivos de esta iniciativa pública siendo que otros fabricantes “\u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">bajen sus precios también\u003c/a>“.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Según el estado y Civica, el \u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">precio de venta\u003c/a> al público sugerido es:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>No más de 30 dólares por un vial de insulina de 10 ml.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No más de 55 dólares por un paquete de 5 inyecciones de 3 ml.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Según el portavoz de la HCAI en un correo electrónico enviado a KQED, “el precio que paga el consumidor podría ser incluso menor., dependiendo de la cobertura de su seguro médico”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varios grupos que defienden las necesidades de las personas con diabetes consideran el lanzamiento de este producto una victoria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Esperamos con interés el lanzamiento de la insulina CalRx® en enero”, escribió Christine Fallabel, directora de asuntos gubernamentales estatales de la Asociación Americana de Diabetes, en un correo electrónico enviado a KQED. “Cualquier medida significativa para mejorar la asequibilidad de la insulina y ofrecer opciones adicionales es una victoria para las personas con diabetes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fallabel también señaló la reciente aprobación del \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB40/id/3030089\">proyecto de ley 40 del Senado\u003c/a>, que prohíbe los copagos elevados por el suministro mensual de insulina, como otra decisión estatal que contribuye a la accesibilidad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomInsulinAP-1536x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gavin Newsom hace una presentación en una pequeña farmacia.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomInsulinAP-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomInsulinAP-1536x1024-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, presenta las inyecciones de insulina glargina de la marca CalRx en una conferencia de prensa el 16 de octubre de 2025 en una farmacia en Los Ángeles. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Qué debo hacer si estoy pagando más de 55 dólares?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Según el portavoz de la HCAI, “CalRx y Civica no pueden imponer el precio final al consumidor, ya que esto entraría en conflicto con la ley antimonopolio y de competencia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, el portavoz afirmó en un correo electrónico a KQED que Civica tiene previsto incluir un código QR en el lateral de las cajas del producto, para que los consumidores puedan informar si gastaron más de 55 dólares en su compra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“En ese momento, Civica se pondría en contacto con la farmacia para solucionar el problema”, dijo el portavoz.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Dónde puedo conseguir la insulina CalRx? ¿Necesito receta médica?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No es necesario completar una solicitud para acceder a la nueva insulina y no hay requisitos de elegibilidad. \u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">No es necesario tener seguro médico\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La amplia distribución al por mayor permitirá a cualquier farmacia de California pedir insulina glargina CalRx”, explicaron funcionarios del estado por correo electrónico. Un sistema de entrega a domicilio todavía sigue en desarrollo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las personas interesadas en la insulina CalRx pueden “preguntar a su farmacéutico o médico si pueden cambiar su receta por insulina glargina CalRx”, informó a KQED el portavoz de la HCAI. Pero cabe agregar que la insulina CalRx es intercambiable con otras marcas y por esa razón, \u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/biosimilar-insulin-initiative/\">no se necesita una nueva receta médica\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Los planes de salud se encargarán de comunicar la insulina glargina CalRx a sus proveedores y redes de pacientes”, afirmó la HCAI.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>¿Pueden acceder a ella personas de otros estados?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>El portavoz de la HCAI confirmó con KQED que “sí, la insulina glargina de Civica Rx estará disponible en otros estados bajo la etiqueta de Civica Rx”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Dónde puedo obtener más información?\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://calrx.ca.gov/\">Sitio web de CalRx\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://calrx.ca.gov/uploads/2025/10/CalRx_Fact-Sheet.pdf\">Hoja informativa de CalRx\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/sobre-nosotros/informacion-del-centro\">Centro de información de la Asociación Americana de Diabetes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://diabetes.org/es/sobre-nosotros/informacion-del-centro\">Conceptos básicos sobre la insulina para la diabetes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://civicainsulin.org/\">Insulina Civica\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.t1international.com/media/assets/file/Sept_2022_Update_-_T1International_Affordability_Resources.pdf\">T1International\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After years of championing new funding to combat \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>‘s housing shortage and homelessness crisis, Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>‘s final budget was a retreat from the major investments of years’ past and left many advocates disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf\">budget proposal\u003c/a>, released Friday, projected a modest $2.9 billion shortfall — a significantly rosier picture than the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091\">$18 billion anticipated\u003c/a> by the Legislative Analyst’s Office — and emphasized accountability and streamlining over new cash investments to address homelessness and bolster affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It comes as the state faces federal funding cuts and expected \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064324/its-devastating-more-than-100m-for-housing-homeless-at-risk-under-new-hud-policy\">policy changes\u003c/a> that could restrict how much money agencies can spend on permanent housing for people exiting homelessness. As the governor works on finalizing his budget proposal in May, affordable housing groups hope they can sway the administration to fill the funding gaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am disappointed,” said Heather Hood, who helms the nonprofit housing provider Enterprise Community Partners’ Northern California work. “We hear over and over that housing affordability is a major concern for Californians and the governor, and yet we’re not seeing it reflected in the budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom kept promises he made \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045673/newsom-slashes-funding-for-homelessness-in-state-budget-leaving-cities-scrambling\">last year\u003c/a>: The proposed budget includes $500 million for one of California’s largest homelessness services programs, the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Grant — contingent on “enhanced accountability and performance requirements” — after it received \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045673/newsom-slashes-funding-for-homelessness-in-state-budget-leaving-cities-scrambling\">no new funding last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have invested a significant amount over these last seven years,” Joe Stephenshaw, director of the state’s Department of Finance, said during a press conference on Friday announcing the budget proposal. “Prior to this administration, there were no significant investments at the state level in combating homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042903\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250529_OhloneParkEncampment_GC-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250529_OhloneParkEncampment_GC-16_qed.jpg 2000w, 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earlier in Newsom’s tenure, when the state consistently dedicated $1 billion to the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe we have to be much bigger and bolder in sustaining and growing our investments in affordable housing if we’re going to deliver the housing and services Californians really need right now,” said Chione Lucina Muñoz Flegal, executive director of advocacy organization, Housing California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069094/in-final-state-of-state-speech-gov-newsom-says-california-offers-model-for-the-nation\">State of the State address\u003c/a> on Thursday, he said he wants cities and counties to bring people off the streets, out of encampments and into housing and treatment. “No more excuses,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hood said the comment misrepresents the cash-strapped situation many municipalities face when trying to fund services and housing.[aside postID=news_12068746 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250618-NewTeacherHousing-18-BL_qed.jpg']“There’s only so many places the counties and cities can go,” she said. “They’re not getting the money from the feds, and they’re not necessarily getting it from their residents and voters, and so that’s why there’s been a shift to the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without dedicated cash in the budget, she said the strained environment puts more pressure on securing a $10 billion statewide affordable housing bond. \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/meetings/attachments/6260/9b_25_0447_1_Summary_Sheet_AB_736_Wicks_and_SB_417_Cabaldon.pdf?cb=b2c5668e\">Two bills \u003c/a>aiming to put the bond on this fall’s ballot are currently making their way through the legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the homelessness funding, the governor’s budget proposal nodded to achievements in previous years and pointed to the state’s Housing and Homeless Agency, a new department set to become \u003ca href=\"https://www.bcsh.ca.gov/about/chha_overview.pdf\">operational by July\u003c/a>, which promises to transform California’s fragmented housing finance system into a more streamlined machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Thursday’s address, Newsom said the number of people sleeping in tents, cars and RVs \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/01/08/california-sees-drop-in-unsheltered-homelessness-bucking-national-trend-and-federal-headwinds/\">dropped by about 9%\u003c/a>, according to preliminary federal data from 2025 from a subset of counties. He contrasted that decrease with the nation’s \u003ca href=\"https://files.hudexchange.info/reports/published/CoC_PopSub_NatlTerrDC_2024.pdf\">18%\u003c/a> increase in homelessness last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But affordable housing advocates worry that, without further investment, those numbers may backslide, due to federal cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058501\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the DignityMoves tiny home cabins at 33 Gough in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said it would not dedicate any new funding to the Emergency Housing Voucher program, which has provided rental assistance to about 70,000 households nationwide, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-policy/the-potential-end-of-emergency-housing-voucher-funding-public-housing-agencies-search-for-solutions/\">report \u003c/a>from UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation. 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"content": "\u003cp>Touting California as a “marvel of invention and reinvention,” Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> used \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068929/in-final-year-gov-gavin-newsom-looks-to-finish-what-he-started\">his final State of the State speech\u003c/a> on Thursday to deliver a full-throated defense of the state and his tenure in office — arguing that California can offer an affirmative alternative vision for the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom mounted a defense of his record on homelessness and climate leadership, while advancing proposals to crack down on corporate homeownership and reform how the state’s education system is governed. He cited a huge growth in revenues — more than $40 billion higher than forecast last year — and touted California’s progressive tax system, which relies far more on top earners than many other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among his specific proposals, Newsom called for new laws to make it harder for private equity firms and other large investors to snap up huge numbers of properties, saying it is driving up housing prices and moving homeownership out of reach. And, he said the state should implement long-talked-about reforms to its education system, moving the Department of Education into the executive branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of an expected run for president in 2028, Newsom continued his sharp criticism of President Donald Trump, calling the federal government “unrecognizable” and corrupt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For 175 years, California has been a marvel of invention and reinvention, disaster and recovery, grit and ingenuity. We have found a way to build the future, over and over,” Newsom said in a fiery opening to his speech. “But today, that spirit is being tested. We face an assault on our values unlike anything I have seen in my lifetime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quoting Martin Luther King Jr., Newsom said the greatest tragedy in a moment like this one is the silence of good people — and he argued California is providing “a policy blueprint for others to follow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069110\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomStateoftheState2026AP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomStateoftheState2026AP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomStateoftheState2026AP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomStateoftheState2026AP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom, above right, speaks during his State of the State address on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In California, we are not silent, we are not hunkering down, we are not retreating,” Newsom said. “We are a beacon. This state is providing a different narrative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is fresh off a year of political highs, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054630/in-picking-a-fight-with-trump-newsom-gambles-on-his-own-political-future\">he gained national acclaim\u003c/a> among Democrats for his political, legal and rhetorical combat with the White House. California has sued the Trump administration over 50 times, and Newsom spearheaded \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062781/proposition-50-passes-in-california-boosting-democrats-in-fight-for-us-house-control\">the passage of Proposition 50\u003c/a>, a redistricting plan to help elect more Democrats to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout his tenure, Newsom has portrayed California as a progressive economic engine, despite stubborn challenges of homelessness and affordability. On Thursday, he acknowledged that the state must not only oppose Trump, but also show what it stands for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every year, the declinists, the pundits and critics suffering from California Derangement Syndrome look at this state and try to tear down all our progress,” Newsom said. “But we know the truth. California’s success is not by chance — it’s by design.”[aside postID=news_12068929 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GavinNewsomAP.jpg']But Republican lawmakers, who spent much of the speech sitting silently, said Newsom is glossing over the hard realities many Californians face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor gave a very polished speech today, full of half-truths, and ultimately really lacking results, which is what California is asking for,” said Republican Sen. Suzette Valladares, who represents parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. “Right now, costs are up, we have the highest gas prices in the nation, housing is out of reach, families are struggling, and that is a real state of the state in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s speech in the state Assembly chambers marked a return to tradition. His last State of the State in the Capitol was in early 2020. Since then, Newsom has taken the address on the road — including at Dodger Stadium in 2021 and in a series of statewide speeches in 2023 — or delivered it virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s speech will be followed on Friday by the release of his state budget proposal. The Legislative Analyst’s Office \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091\">pegs the state budget shortfall\u003c/a> at $17.7 billion — despite tax revenue that continues to exceed expectations, driven by a soaring stock market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But rising state costs for healthcare and retirement benefits, combined with federal cuts to Medi-Cal and other state programs, continue to weigh down the state’s finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progressives have rallied behind a proposal to tax Californians with assets valued at over $1 billion — a “wealth tax” that could appear on the ballot this November. Newsom has made clear he opposes the tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Thursday’s speech, the governor claimed significant progress on homelessness, an issue that has plagued California leaders for years and which he centered more aggressively than many of his predecessors. He touted new data showing a 9 percent decrease in unsheltered homelessness and put pressure squarely on local officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No more excuses — it’s time to bring people off the streets, out of encampments into housing, into treatment,” he said, citing the 2024 passage of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980415/newsom-celebrates-proposition-1-victory-after-sleepless-weeks\">Proposition 1\u003c/a>, a $6.4 billion bond measure for housing, mental health and substance abuse treatment — as well as the creation of new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007175/care-court-was-supposed-to-help-those-hardest-to-treat-heres-how-its-going\">mental health courts\u003c/a>. “Counties need to do their jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-186653928-e1737496719981.jpg\" alt=\"The California state flag with the Capitol cupola in Sacramento behind it.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(iStock/Getty Images Plus)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The corporate housing proposal echoed a similar call by Trump this week and aims to prevent spikes in rent prices and ease competition for home purchases. A bill to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1240\">ban large firms\u003c/a> from buying and renting out additional properties in California stalled in the state Senate last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it may have an easier path this year: Newsom’s assertion that private equity firms in Manhattan should not be some of California’s biggest landlords garnered rare applause from GOP lawmakers in the chamber, and support from progressive lawmakers who are frustrated over the governor’s opposition to the billionaire tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Alex Lee, a progressive Democrat from San Jose, wrote last year’s unsuccessful bill. Lee said he looks forward to working with the governor on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very excited to hear that the governor wants to take on institutional buyers buying up whole neighborhoods full of houses,” Lee said after the speech. “It’s a real affordability crisis for people who want to buy a home and get the California dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom spent a portion of the speech also touting policies he said are lowering costs for Californians — including tax credits for low-income families, families with young kids and foster youth. He cited laws he’s signed to increase paid sick and family leave in the state — and said last year’s extension of the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998536/newsom-signs-climate-energy-bills-charting-state-course-through-perilous-mid-transition\">cap-and-trade climate program\u003c/a> will result in significant rebates on energy bills.[aside postID=news_12068858 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/US-and-California-Flags-Getty-1020x680.jpg']The governor also laid out plans to revamp the governance of California schools, which traditionally command the largest share of state spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom proposed shifting more authority to the executive branch by moving the Department of Education, tasked with overseeing education law, underneath the State Board of Education, a policy-making body appointed by the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would strip power over the department from the state superintendent of public instruction, who is directly elected by California voters. The current superintendent, Democrat Tony Thurmond, is running to succeed Newsom as governor next year, and said later that he has not seen details of the proposal but is skeptical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think it would weaken the state superintendent position, but here’s the real thing. I don’t see what it would do to benefit students in California,” he said. “People have said that there’s fragmentation in the system, and if that is true, I don’t know how this lessens the fragmentation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, who has overseen the creation of a new school grade, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052609/as-transitional-kindergarten-opens-to-all-4-year-olds-sf-parents-compete-for-seats\">transitional kindergarten\u003c/a>, over the past five years, also said this year’s budget will fund universal after-school care at elementary schools statewide. If implemented by the Legislature, that proposal would save many parents thousands of dollars in childcare costs each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of the biggest applause came when Newsom spoke about the state’s progressive tax system, contrasting the state’s high minimum wage and its tax rates for middle- and low-income earners, with what people make and pay in Republican-led states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It comes down to a simple question: Who do you stand for? The rich and the powerful, the most well-connected?” Newsom asked. “Or the bus driver, the janitor, the special education teacher, working overtime to support their families? Who do you stand for?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The line prompted Democratic members to stand and cheer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> will deliver his final State of the State address on Thursday, capping seven years in which he oversaw an aggressive expansion of health care and early childhood education access in California, pushed the state’s progressive climate policies and — in a break from his predecessors — made reducing homelessness and increasing housing supply top state priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his speech, Newsom is expected to unveil his budget priorities for the year ahead. The address comes as Newsom continues to burnish his national reputation ahead of a possible presidential run in 2028, and as the state faces ongoing fiscal threats from both rising state costs and the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason Elliott, a longtime adviser to Newsom who left the administration last year but remains close to the governor, said this year will probably be more about finishing what Newsom started than rolling out new initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gov. Newsom, in order to feel satisfied with the job he did as governor, will want to see universal transitional kindergarten extended to every single eligible kid in California. He will want to see child care slots expanded to the level that he promised and promoted. He will want to see homeless encampment grants and Proposition 1 bond funding for homeless mental health housing be administered quickly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot that he talked about over the last eight years that is not quite done that needs to get finished,” Elliott said, “and I would expect that his focus would be very much on completing those multi-year commitments that he made.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-186653928-e1737496719981.jpg\" alt=\"The California state flag with the Capitol cupola in Sacramento behind it.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(iStock/Getty Images Plus)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there are critics aplenty, as Newsom begins his final year in the governor’s office, he has managed to maintain relatively cozy relationships with business and labor leaders as well as other powerful interest groups in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for education and child care, affordable housing, health care, and the business community all cited major policy accomplishments that they are hoping to protect in the face of growing costs and shrinking revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Leading on early childhood education\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Among the governor’s biggest achievements, said longtime early childhood education advocate Scott Moore, was the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052609/as-transitional-kindergarten-opens-to-all-4-year-olds-sf-parents-compete-for-seats\"> creation of a new school grade for all 4-year-olds, transitional kindergarten\u003c/a>, as well as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/10/05/governor-newsom-signs-early-childhood-legislation-highlights-transformative-investments-in-early-learning/\">expansion of child care and preschool slots\u003c/a> for low-income families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unquestionably, he is the early childhood champion governor,” said Moore, who advised both Newsom and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on state councils and is now CEO of Kidango, a nonprofit preschool organization that serves low-income families in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The toddler room at Kidango Early Care & Education in San José on Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moore has worked in the field for a quarter-century and said the progress made just in the past few years has been staggering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back then, we had about 50,000 or so children that got public-funded pre-K in the state of California. And now we have over 500,000. That’s a big difference. And most of that growth happened under Governor Newsom,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Health care expansion limited, holding the line on taxes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Health care advocates also give Newsom high marks for his aggressive expansion of coverage, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11882852/how-california-will-expand-medi-cal-to-include-more-low-income-immigrants\">including to immigrant communities\u003c/a>. But they remain disappointed that last year — facing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031544/providing-health-care-for-immigrants-is-costing-california-more-than-expected-is-coverage-at-risk\">budget constraints\u003c/a> and political pressure — Newsom and lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040025/newsom-blames-trump-california-budget-deficit-aims-cap-undocumented-health-care\">moved to freeze\u003c/a> new enrollments of undocumented adults in Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiran Savage-Sangwan, executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, which works to ensure all Californians have access to quality, affordable health care, said Newsom has made universal coverage a priority since day one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first executive order that he signed immediately after being sworn in was to establish the Office of the Surgeon General … That really showed that he understood the connection between the conditions that poor communities are facing and health outcomes,” she said. “He has continued to tackle what we consider the twin issues of the rising and unsustainable cost of health care, and getting to universal health coverage for all Californians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059467\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12059467 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a successful 2024 mental health ballot initiative at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego on March 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Adriana Heldiz/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP Pool)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Savage-Sangwan also gave Newsom high marks for establishing an Office of HealthCare Affordability in 2022. But as he heads into his final year, she hopes he will reconsider limiting Medi-Cal for undocumented adults — especially as consumers confront President Donald Trump’s deep cuts to both Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re hoping that this is gonna be a moment for the state of California to distinguish ourselves from what is happening at the national and federal levels,” she said. “We think that California has an opportunity to stand in contrast to that rather than bow down and continue that trajectory of taking health care from people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She urged Newsom to consider new revenue sources, something that the business community is staunchly opposed to and that Newsom has been generally unwilling to consider.[aside postID=news_12068845 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/AP25160742848163-2000x1333.jpg']In fact, CalChamber CEO Jennifer Barrera said taxes are one area where Newsom and the business community have been in lockstep. This year, he has made clear his opposition to a proposed ballot measure being pushed by labor unions that would levy a one-time tax on billionaires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has really drawn the line in the sand on tax policy. He has been the one who has been defending against tax increases for the past several years,” Barrera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barrera also gave Newsom high marks for generally embracing fiscal restraint, for helping broker a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/01/governor-newsom-signs-paga-reform/\">huge deal\u003c/a> between labor and business in 2024 related to labor protections and litigation, and for generally understanding the importance of the business community to the state’s economic health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there have been areas of sharp disagreement, Barrera noted, including around labor protections, environmental laws and oil and gas regulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always going to be those tough calls on some of these labor bills,” she said. “In the environment space, there was some legislation that we certainly would have preferred not be signed and are dealing with now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She cited laws\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/25/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-to-restrict-polluting-oil-gas-operations-near-schools-daycares-and-across-communities/\"> limiting oil and gas operations\u003c/a> and others \u003ca href=\"https://www.responsible-investor.com/companies-file-voluntary-climate-reports-in-california-despite-suspended-law/\">requiring large companies to disclose climate emissions\u003c/a> as among those challenges. One of the climate disclosure laws is on hold after a lawsuit by business groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mixed reviews on housing, homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom also gets mixed reviews in one of his signature policy areas: housing and homelessness. Republican leaders in the state Legislature note that Newsom failed to deliver on his 2018 campaign promise to build 3.5 million new homes, and say it’s part of a larger pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gov. Newsom has made big promises and launched endless new initiatives,” Assembly Republican Leader Heath Flora said in a prebuttal to Newsom’s speech. “But no matter what he says [today] Californians are paying more and getting less, because his policies keep driving up the cost of everyday life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023498\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Assemblymember Heath Flora in Sacramento on May 15, 2017 \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But others say Newsom and the Democratic-led Legislature made big strides in increasing housing production and tackling homelessness through policies that will continue to pay dividends after he leaves office. Newsom also used the bully pulpit to bring the issue front and center, said Ray Pearl, executive director of the California Housing Consortium, which advocates for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pearl noted that Newsom’s 2020 State of the State speech was entirely about housing and homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With former governors, when they’d have a State of the State, we would look for anywhere where housing was mentioned,” he said. “I think more than anyone, he helped change the trajectory of the housing issue and made it a mainstream issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pearl said Newsom pushed unprecedented state investments in affordable housing by significantly increasing tax credits and other resources. He’s hopeful this year that the governor will support a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond being considered by lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Newsom enters his final year and looks to a potential 2028 presidential run, those close to him know that the state’s shortcomings — and what Newsom did or didn’t do to address them — will be under a microscope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elliott, Newsom’s former adviser, said he believes the governor laid the groundwork over his two terms to fundamentally change the state’s trajectory, particularly around housing and homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’ve got a problem that’s 40-plus years in the making, you don’t see overnight results. That’s frustrating to me. I know it’s frustrating for the governor. I know it’s frustrating to the average Californian,” he said. “What I’m saying is we’ve spent the last seven or eight years in this state putting the pieces in place to materially address all those problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gov. Newsom, in order to feel satisfied with the job he did as governor, will want to see universal transitional kindergarten extended to every single eligible kid in California. He will want to see child care slots expanded to the level that he promised and promoted. He will want to see homeless encampment grants and Proposition 1 bond funding for homeless mental health housing be administered quickly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot that he talked about over the last eight years that is not quite done that needs to get finished,” Elliott said, “and I would expect that his focus would be very much on completing those multi-year commitments that he made.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-186653928-e1737496719981.jpg\" alt=\"The California state flag with the Capitol cupola in Sacramento behind it.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California State Capitol in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(iStock/Getty Images Plus)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there are critics aplenty, as Newsom begins his final year in the governor’s office, he has managed to maintain relatively cozy relationships with business and labor leaders as well as other powerful interest groups in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for education and child care, affordable housing, health care, and the business community all cited major policy accomplishments that they are hoping to protect in the face of growing costs and shrinking revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Leading on early childhood education\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Among the governor’s biggest achievements, said longtime early childhood education advocate Scott Moore, was the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052609/as-transitional-kindergarten-opens-to-all-4-year-olds-sf-parents-compete-for-seats\"> creation of a new school grade for all 4-year-olds, transitional kindergarten\u003c/a>, as well as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/10/05/governor-newsom-signs-early-childhood-legislation-highlights-transformative-investments-in-early-learning/\">expansion of child care and preschool slots\u003c/a> for low-income families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unquestionably, he is the early childhood champion governor,” said Moore, who advised both Newsom and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on state councils and is now CEO of Kidango, a nonprofit preschool organization that serves low-income families in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-ChildcareFireSafety-JY-006-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The toddler room at Kidango Early Care & Education in San José on Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moore has worked in the field for a quarter-century and said the progress made just in the past few years has been staggering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back then, we had about 50,000 or so children that got public-funded pre-K in the state of California. And now we have over 500,000. That’s a big difference. And most of that growth happened under Governor Newsom,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Health care expansion limited, holding the line on taxes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Health care advocates also give Newsom high marks for his aggressive expansion of coverage, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11882852/how-california-will-expand-medi-cal-to-include-more-low-income-immigrants\">including to immigrant communities\u003c/a>. But they remain disappointed that last year — facing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031544/providing-health-care-for-immigrants-is-costing-california-more-than-expected-is-coverage-at-risk\">budget constraints\u003c/a> and political pressure — Newsom and lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040025/newsom-blames-trump-california-budget-deficit-aims-cap-undocumented-health-care\">moved to freeze\u003c/a> new enrollments of undocumented adults in Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiran Savage-Sangwan, executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, which works to ensure all Californians have access to quality, affordable health care, said Newsom has made universal coverage a priority since day one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first executive order that he signed immediately after being sworn in was to establish the Office of the Surgeon General … That really showed that he understood the connection between the conditions that poor communities are facing and health outcomes,” she said. “He has continued to tackle what we consider the twin issues of the rising and unsustainable cost of health care, and getting to universal health coverage for all Californians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059467\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12059467 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GavinNewsom-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a successful 2024 mental health ballot initiative at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego on March 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Adriana Heldiz/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP Pool)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Savage-Sangwan also gave Newsom high marks for establishing an Office of HealthCare Affordability in 2022. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In fact, CalChamber CEO Jennifer Barrera said taxes are one area where Newsom and the business community have been in lockstep. This year, he has made clear his opposition to a proposed ballot measure being pushed by labor unions that would levy a one-time tax on billionaires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has really drawn the line in the sand on tax policy. He has been the one who has been defending against tax increases for the past several years,” Barrera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barrera also gave Newsom high marks for generally embracing fiscal restraint, for helping broker a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/01/governor-newsom-signs-paga-reform/\">huge deal\u003c/a> between labor and business in 2024 related to labor protections and litigation, and for generally understanding the importance of the business community to the state’s economic health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there have been areas of sharp disagreement, Barrera noted, including around labor protections, environmental laws and oil and gas regulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always going to be those tough calls on some of these labor bills,” she said. “In the environment space, there was some legislation that we certainly would have preferred not be signed and are dealing with now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She cited laws\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/25/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-to-restrict-polluting-oil-gas-operations-near-schools-daycares-and-across-communities/\"> limiting oil and gas operations\u003c/a> and others \u003ca href=\"https://www.responsible-investor.com/companies-file-voluntary-climate-reports-in-california-despite-suspended-law/\">requiring large companies to disclose climate emissions\u003c/a> as among those challenges. One of the climate disclosure laws is on hold after a lawsuit by business groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mixed reviews on housing, homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom also gets mixed reviews in one of his signature policy areas: housing and homelessness. Republican leaders in the state Legislature note that Newsom failed to deliver on his 2018 campaign promise to build 3.5 million new homes, and say it’s part of a larger pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gov. Newsom has made big promises and launched endless new initiatives,” Assembly Republican Leader Heath Flora said in a prebuttal to Newsom’s speech. “But no matter what he says [today] Californians are paying more and getting less, because his policies keep driving up the cost of everyday life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023498\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Assemblymember_HeathFlora_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Assemblymember Heath Flora in Sacramento on May 15, 2017 \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But others say Newsom and the Democratic-led Legislature made big strides in increasing housing production and tackling homelessness through policies that will continue to pay dividends after he leaves office. Newsom also used the bully pulpit to bring the issue front and center, said Ray Pearl, executive director of the California Housing Consortium, which advocates for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pearl noted that Newsom’s 2020 State of the State speech was entirely about housing and homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With former governors, when they’d have a State of the State, we would look for anywhere where housing was mentioned,” he said. “I think more than anyone, he helped change the trajectory of the housing issue and made it a mainstream issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pearl said Newsom pushed unprecedented state investments in affordable housing by significantly increasing tax credits and other resources. He’s hopeful this year that the governor will support a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond being considered by lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Newsom enters his final year and looks to a potential 2028 presidential run, those close to him know that the state’s shortcomings — and what Newsom did or didn’t do to address them — will be under a microscope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elliott, Newsom’s former adviser, said he believes the governor laid the groundwork over his two terms to fundamentally change the state’s trajectory, particularly around housing and homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’ve got a problem that’s 40-plus years in the making, you don’t see overnight results. That’s frustrating to me. I know it’s frustrating for the governor. I know it’s frustrating to the average Californian,” he said. “What I’m saying is we’ve spent the last seven or eight years in this state putting the pieces in place to materially address all those problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That means they can be sued for assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest or malicious prosecution, and the law adds a clause that says the minimum penalty for committing those offenses while wearing a mask is $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, a Los Angeles Democrat who co-authored the law, said it was necessary to rein in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/06/taken-la-immigration-raids/\">anonymous federal agents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We initially were under the understanding that, oh, they’re only targeting folks who were not citizens,” Gonzalez said, “And then actually over time you learn they don’t give a shit who you are, they’re attacking you no matter what, with no due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has sued to block the bill, and more than a century of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/09/mask-ban-federal-officers-california/\">federal court precedent\u003c/a> is on its side. \u003ca href=\"https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/135us1\">An 1890 Supreme Court case\u003c/a> provides that a state cannot prosecute a federal law enforcement officer acting in the course of their duties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration said \u003ca href=\"https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov%2Fopa%2Fmedia%2F1418431%2Fdl%3Finline=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/0100019a93783d3d-9559745b-a3dc-401e-9cc7-fbdee5f65b6a-000000/DgJjMUNPrkbbqE3CaIT2ozxz1kZf0eAnTvS70XOg80Q=431\">in its brief\u003c/a> to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that forcing agents to reveal their identities would put the agents at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Immigration and Customs Enforcement “actions, individuals can be heard threatening to doxx and find out who officers and their family members are and where they live,” the administration’s lawyers said in the Nov. 17 brief. “There are even public websites that seek and publish personal information about ICE and other federal officers to harass and threaten them and their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_12064511 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED.jpg']Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, said the issue may not be as cut-and-dried as one or two Supreme Court cases. He pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/us/fbi-agent-can-be-charged-in-idaho-siege-court-rules.html\">2001 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision\u003c/a> that allowed the case of a federal sniper who killed a woman during the 1992 Ruby Ridge, Idaho, standoff to go to trial.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It basically says that a federal officer can be criminally prosecuted for unreasonable actions,” Chemerinsky said. “Federal officers, by virtue of being federal officers, do not get immunity from all state civil and criminal laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Marvel, president of an organization that represents California police unions, said the law will make life harder for local cops and county sheriffs’ deputies. The organizations that represent police chiefs, sheriffs, agents in the Attorney General’s office and California Highway Patrol officers opposed the law, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the state has put us in a tenuous position with this battle they’re having with the Trump administration,” said Marvel of the Peace Officers Research Association of California. “We don’t want to be in the middle of this fight. But unfortunately, (with) the desire for higher name recognition and elections in 2026, they decided to create things that are much more political and not geared toward legitimate public safety issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marvel said another drawback of the law is giving “a false sense of hope to the immigrant community in California” that the law will force federal agents to leave the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County supervisors have also \u003ca href=\"https://boyleheightsbeat.com/ice-banned-from-wearing-masks-in-unincorporated-l-a-county/\">approved a local mask ban\u003c/a> on law enforcement for unincorporated areas of the county, a measure that will go into effect in mid-January, unless a court decision comes sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez noted that masks have played a significant role in recent California history. First,, during the pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2020/06/gavin-newsom-face-masks-california/\">California temporarily made masks mandatory\u003c/a> in public and at work. Then, a couple of years later, a rush of smash-and-grab robberies were harder to solve because \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/post/los-angeles-northridge-smash-and-grab-surveillance-video/13396886/\">the suspects all wore masks\u003c/a>. Now, California finds itself in its third back-and-forth over face coverings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law provides exemptions for N-95 or medical-grade masks to prevent infection transmission, and permits undercover operatives to wear a mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is specifically aimed to federal agents because we gotta combat these kidnappings somehow,” Gonzalez said, “and this was our way in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/12/immigration-mask-ban-new-law/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a California State Senate committee hearing this year, the director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/caltrans\">CalTrans\u003c/a>, Tony Tavares, showed a simple chart that might have caused the assembled lawmakers some alarm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a series of black bars representing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063749/californias-lax-dui-laws-lead-to-spike-in-alcohol-related-roadway-deaths\">death toll on California’s roads\u003c/a> in each of the past 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fatalities had been falling until 2010, when the bars started getting longer and longer. A blood-red arrow shot up over the growing lines, charting their rise, as if to make sure nobody could miss the more than 60% increase in deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working to reverse the overall trend,” Tavares said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No legislators asked about the chart. No one asked the director what, exactly, his agency was doing about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next three hours, the Senate Transportation Committee members asked instead about homeless encampments along roads, gas tax revenue, gender identity on ID’s and planning for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12068087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 779px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/120425-Senate-Standing-Committee-on-Transportation-CM-01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12068087\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/120425-Senate-Standing-Committee-on-Transportation-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/120425-Senate-Standing-Committee-on-Transportation-CM-01.jpeg 779w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/120425-Senate-Standing-Committee-on-Transportation-CM-01-160x91.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chart presented by then-CalTrans Director Tony Tavares at the Senate Transportation Committee hearing on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The committee chair said it was the legislature’s first informational hearing on the state’s transportation system in more than a decade. Yet only two senators — both Republicans with little legislative power in a state controlled by Democrats — even asked about dangerous driving, one following up with questions about a deadly stretch of road in her district and the other about a small California Highway Patrol program to target egregious behavior behind the wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, nearly 40,000 people have died and more than 2 million have been injured on California roads. As an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/series/license-to-kill/\">ongoing CalMatters investigation\u003c/a> has shown this year, time and again those crashes were caused by repeat drunk drivers, chronic speeders and motorists with well-documented histories of recklessness behind the wheel. Year after year, officials with the power to do something about it — the governor, legislators, the courts, the Department of Motor Vehicles — have failed to act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The silence, in the face of a threat that endangers nearly every Californian, is damning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has some of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/10/california-dui-failure/\">the weakest DUI laws in the nation\u003c/a>. Here, DUI-related deaths have been rising more than twice as fast as the rest of the country. But this fall, a state bill to strengthen DUI penalties was gutted at the last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to speeding — one of the biggest causes of fatal crashes — again the legislature has done little. For two years in a row, bills that would have required the use of speed-limiting technology on vehicles have failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers did pass legislation a couple years ago that allows the use of speed cameras. But it’s just a pilot project in a handful of jurisdictions.[aside postID=news_12067175 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250418-SFPDFile-46-BL_qed.jpg']Marc T. Vukcevich, director of state policy for advocacy group Streets For All, considers it a win — but a modest one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This shit is not enough to deal with the size and severity and the complexity of the problem we have when it comes to violence on our roadways,” Vukcevich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom declined an interview request. Last year, he vetoed a bill that would have required technology that alerts drivers when they’re speeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state DMV, which is under his authority, has wide latitude to take dangerous drivers off the road. But it \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/04/license-to-kill/\">routinely allows drivers with extreme histories\u003c/a> of dangerous driving to continue to operate on our roadways, where many go on to kill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Gordon, whom Newsom chose to run the agency in 2019, won’t talk about it. He has declined or ignored CalMatters requests for an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency simply released a statement from him in March, after our first interview request, touting modernization efforts that reflect an “ongoing commitment to enhancing accountability and transparency while continually refining our processes to ensure California’s roads are safer for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Newsom nor Gordon has announced any major changes since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How a bill to fight DUIs fails in Sacramento\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For a brief moment earlier this year, Colin Campbell thought the state might finally do something about the scourge that changed his life one night in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A repeat drunk driver slammed into his Prius on the way to the family’s new home in Joshua Tree, killing his 17-year-old daughter, Ruby, and 14-year-old son, Hart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/111625-Traffic-Vigil-FG-CM-25-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"On the steps of a building at night, two people hug beside a microphone, while rows of small orange traffic cones and string lights line the stairs, each cone paired with a photo of a person, creating a memorial-like display.\">\u003cfigcaption>Erika Pringle, at right, embraces Allison Lyman, whose son died in a collision, during a candlelight vigil as part of The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 16, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campbell, a writer and director from Los Angeles, began advocating for California to join most other states and create a law requiring in-car breathalyzers for anyone convicted of a DUI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first he was encouraged when the bill coasted through two legislative committees. But then came the roadblocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU opposed the measure, calling it “a form of racialized wealth extraction,” according to a Senate Public Safety Committee report from July. In California, people forced to use the devices have to pay about $100 a month to a private company to rent them, though there’s supposed to be a sliding fee scale based on income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then the DMV\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB366\"> told lawmakers\u003c/a> that it could not “complete the necessary programming” for the law, citing possible technology delays and costs of $15 million or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was gutted. California couldn’t do something that nearly three dozen other states could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell called the sudden reversal a shameful example of forsaking public safety for bureaucracy.[aside postID=news_12058605 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/RS40878_001_KQED_MarketStCarFree_01232020_8469-qut-1020x680.jpg']“Our lives were destroyed that night,” he said. “If these people’s children had been killed by a drunk driver, there is no way they would be objecting to this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the law had passed, DMV data suggests that California judges would have mostly ignored it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law says judges have to require in-car breathalyzers for people convicted of repeat DUIs. Last month, the DMV issued a report reinforcing what a similar report laid out two years earlier. Judges across the state ordered the devices just one-third of the time for repeat offenders. In 14 counties, they ordered the devices less than 10% of the time for second-time DUI offenders. The counties are: Alameda, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Mono, Plumas, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Sierra, Tulare and Yuba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DMV officials did not answer questions about what, if anything, the agency was doing about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We reached out to all 14 counties’ courts. Only eight responded to questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Ruhl, executive officer for the Glenn County Superior Court, said the court is looking at local changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the light CalMatters is bringing to this issue … the Glenn Court will review its current DUI sentencing practices,” according to a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glenn was one of a number of counties — including LA, Alameda and San Luis Obispo — that also suggested it wasn’t their judges’ responsibility to issue a court order. They said they only needed to notify the DMV of the convictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the law is clear: It’s the judge’s job to order the offender to use the device, said Jerry Hill, the retired Bay Area Democrat who wrote the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he worked in the Capitol, Hill said he also saw little urgency to rein in intoxicated driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you ask any legislator, they are going to say it’s a terrible, terrible thing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said committee chairs and staff members who set the tone and write analyses often shied away from increasing criminal penalties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where we see a lack of understanding, in my view, of the devastating effect of drunk driving in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lawmakers say next session could bring change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A number of lawmakers said they are aware of the carnage on our roadways and plan to do something about it this coming legislative session, maybe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Bob Archuleta, a Democrat from Norwalk who sits on the Transportation Committee, lost his granddaughter to a drunk driver just before Christmas last year. He said he recently met with representatives from Mothers Against Drunk Driving and is considering possible bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/111625-Traffic-Vigil-FG-CM-27-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"People stand on the steps of a building during a nighttime vigil, holding candles and a large framed portrait of a young woman. Orange cones and small memorial photos line the stairs, illuminated by string lights, while a speaker reads from a phone and others face the crowd.\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/111625-Traffic-Vigil-FG-CM-06-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a memorial hoodie stands behind a table covered with framed photos, candles, and keepsakes honoring a young person. Other people nearby hold large portrait posters during a nighttime vigil outside a government building, with trees and lit windows in the background.\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First: \u003c/strong>At far right, Fumiko Torres speaks about losing Rayanna Diaz while standing alongside other family members during a candlelight vigil as part of The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims event at the Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 16, 2025. \u003cstrong>Last: \u003c/strong>Allison Lyman stands at a table honoring her son Connor, who was killed in a traffic collision, before the start of a candlelight vigil as part of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 16, 2025. Photos by Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is not a Republican issue, a Democrat issue, an independent issue — or political issue. This is a life-saving issue,” he said. “We should all take it as seriously as the family that lost a loved one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Assemblymember Nick Schultz of Burbank said he is considering introducing at least one measure next year to address loopholes and weaknesses in state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schultz, who started his career prosecuting DUI cases in Oregon and now chairs the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee, said he is weighing several potential measures that would address issues CalMatters highlighted in its reporting this year, including lengthening license suspensions after fatal crashes, lowering the bar to charge repeat drunk drivers with a felony, strengthening breathalyzer requirements and making sure vehicular manslaughter convictions get reported to the DMV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>People are tired of seeing the needless loss of life on our roadways,” Schultz said. “There’s no way to legislatively make someone make the right choice. But what we can do is create an incentive structure where there are consequences for bad decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the absence of more leadership at the state level, road safety advocates — many of whom joined the cause after losing a loved one to a preventable car crash — are taking it on themselves to try to force change. They’re meeting with lawmakers and officials, holding public events, telling their stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Levi started working with MADD after her son, Braun, was killed in May while he was out walking with friends in Manhattan Beach. She said they’d only recently relocated to the area after the family home burned down in the Palisades fire, destroying “all of Braun’s pictures, videos from when he was born.”[aside postID=news_12020559 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-PedestrianDeathStepback-26-1020x680.jpg']The driver who killed her son was allegedly intoxicated and had a prior DUI arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The worst day of my life is now my life’s work. I will not stop until California changes,” Levi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the months since her son’s death, Levi said, she’s met with any officials or influential people she could — current and former lawmakers, district attorneys, local council members, a lobbyist, and members of the media. Among the changes she wants: to make it easier to charge repeat DUI offenders with murder when they kill someone, to make fatal DUIs a violent felony and to increase penalties for hit-and-run fatalities. As CalMatters reported in October, California law often treats drunken vehicular manslaughter as a nonviolent crime with minimal time behind bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi calls her push to reform the system “Braun’s Bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many grieving families share a similar goal: for those they lost to be remembered by a state and society that seem indifferent. That desire was on display last month during an event in Sacramento to mark the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a cold Sunday evening in mid-November, after a break in the rain, dozens of relatives of people killed in car crashes gathered on the dark steps of the state Capitol for a candlelight vigil. They fought to keep photos on posterboards upright in the gale-force winds. Family by family, they ascended the steps, stood above a display of orange cones lit with strands of white lights and addressed the onlookers, talking about their loved ones and what was lost — children left without their mother, mothers without their children, a wife left without the love of her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every day I live and I wake up and I pretend like I’m happy. Every day I wish my stairs would make noise. I miss being called mom,” said Angel Dela Cruz, whose 17-year-old son Edward Alvidrez Jr. was hit by a truck while riding a dirt bike in Madera County in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope we all get justice,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event ended with a moment of quiet reflection and a prayer before the families put away their pictures and walked off, the Capitol behind them locked, silent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/12/california-roadway-deaths-inaction/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Marc T. Vukcevich, director of state policy for advocacy group Streets For All, considers it a win — but a modest one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This shit is not enough to deal with the size and severity and the complexity of the problem we have when it comes to violence on our roadways,” Vukcevich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom declined an interview request. Last year, he vetoed a bill that would have required technology that alerts drivers when they’re speeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state DMV, which is under his authority, has wide latitude to take dangerous drivers off the road. But it \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/04/license-to-kill/\">routinely allows drivers with extreme histories\u003c/a> of dangerous driving to continue to operate on our roadways, where many go on to kill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Gordon, whom Newsom chose to run the agency in 2019, won’t talk about it. He has declined or ignored CalMatters requests for an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency simply released a statement from him in March, after our first interview request, touting modernization efforts that reflect an “ongoing commitment to enhancing accountability and transparency while continually refining our processes to ensure California’s roads are safer for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Newsom nor Gordon has announced any major changes since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How a bill to fight DUIs fails in Sacramento\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For a brief moment earlier this year, Colin Campbell thought the state might finally do something about the scourge that changed his life one night in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A repeat drunk driver slammed into his Prius on the way to the family’s new home in Joshua Tree, killing his 17-year-old daughter, Ruby, and 14-year-old son, Hart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/111625-Traffic-Vigil-FG-CM-25-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"On the steps of a building at night, two people hug beside a microphone, while rows of small orange traffic cones and string lights line the stairs, each cone paired with a photo of a person, creating a memorial-like display.\">\u003cfigcaption>Erika Pringle, at right, embraces Allison Lyman, whose son died in a collision, during a candlelight vigil as part of The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 16, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campbell, a writer and director from Los Angeles, began advocating for California to join most other states and create a law requiring in-car breathalyzers for anyone convicted of a DUI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first he was encouraged when the bill coasted through two legislative committees. But then came the roadblocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU opposed the measure, calling it “a form of racialized wealth extraction,” according to a Senate Public Safety Committee report from July. In California, people forced to use the devices have to pay about $100 a month to a private company to rent them, though there’s supposed to be a sliding fee scale based on income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then the DMV\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB366\"> told lawmakers\u003c/a> that it could not “complete the necessary programming” for the law, citing possible technology delays and costs of $15 million or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was gutted. California couldn’t do something that nearly three dozen other states could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell called the sudden reversal a shameful example of forsaking public safety for bureaucracy.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Our lives were destroyed that night,” he said. “If these people’s children had been killed by a drunk driver, there is no way they would be objecting to this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the law had passed, DMV data suggests that California judges would have mostly ignored it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law says judges have to require in-car breathalyzers for people convicted of repeat DUIs. Last month, the DMV issued a report reinforcing what a similar report laid out two years earlier. Judges across the state ordered the devices just one-third of the time for repeat offenders. In 14 counties, they ordered the devices less than 10% of the time for second-time DUI offenders. The counties are: Alameda, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Mono, Plumas, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Sierra, Tulare and Yuba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DMV officials did not answer questions about what, if anything, the agency was doing about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We reached out to all 14 counties’ courts. Only eight responded to questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Ruhl, executive officer for the Glenn County Superior Court, said the court is looking at local changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the light CalMatters is bringing to this issue … the Glenn Court will review its current DUI sentencing practices,” according to a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glenn was one of a number of counties — including LA, Alameda and San Luis Obispo — that also suggested it wasn’t their judges’ responsibility to issue a court order. They said they only needed to notify the DMV of the convictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the law is clear: It’s the judge’s job to order the offender to use the device, said Jerry Hill, the retired Bay Area Democrat who wrote the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he worked in the Capitol, Hill said he also saw little urgency to rein in intoxicated driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you ask any legislator, they are going to say it’s a terrible, terrible thing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said committee chairs and staff members who set the tone and write analyses often shied away from increasing criminal penalties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where we see a lack of understanding, in my view, of the devastating effect of drunk driving in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lawmakers say next session could bring change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A number of lawmakers said they are aware of the carnage on our roadways and plan to do something about it this coming legislative session, maybe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Bob Archuleta, a Democrat from Norwalk who sits on the Transportation Committee, lost his granddaughter to a drunk driver just before Christmas last year. He said he recently met with representatives from Mothers Against Drunk Driving and is considering possible bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/111625-Traffic-Vigil-FG-CM-27-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"People stand on the steps of a building during a nighttime vigil, holding candles and a large framed portrait of a young woman. Orange cones and small memorial photos line the stairs, illuminated by string lights, while a speaker reads from a phone and others face the crowd.\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/111625-Traffic-Vigil-FG-CM-06-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a memorial hoodie stands behind a table covered with framed photos, candles, and keepsakes honoring a young person. Other people nearby hold large portrait posters during a nighttime vigil outside a government building, with trees and lit windows in the background.\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First: \u003c/strong>At far right, Fumiko Torres speaks about losing Rayanna Diaz while standing alongside other family members during a candlelight vigil as part of The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims event at the Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 16, 2025. \u003cstrong>Last: \u003c/strong>Allison Lyman stands at a table honoring her son Connor, who was killed in a traffic collision, before the start of a candlelight vigil as part of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 16, 2025. Photos by Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is not a Republican issue, a Democrat issue, an independent issue — or political issue. This is a life-saving issue,” he said. “We should all take it as seriously as the family that lost a loved one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Assemblymember Nick Schultz of Burbank said he is considering introducing at least one measure next year to address loopholes and weaknesses in state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schultz, who started his career prosecuting DUI cases in Oregon and now chairs the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee, said he is weighing several potential measures that would address issues CalMatters highlighted in its reporting this year, including lengthening license suspensions after fatal crashes, lowering the bar to charge repeat drunk drivers with a felony, strengthening breathalyzer requirements and making sure vehicular manslaughter convictions get reported to the DMV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>People are tired of seeing the needless loss of life on our roadways,” Schultz said. “There’s no way to legislatively make someone make the right choice. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two recently filed lawsuits accuse the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of illegally going over Congress’ head to make massive changes to the way \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">federal homelessness funds\u003c/a> are distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HUD’s new grant rules would effectively defund permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing programs across the nation, eliminating proven tools that help residents exit homelessness sustainably,” Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti said in a statement. “This is another instance of the Trump administration prioritizing its political agenda above the needs of our most vulnerable community members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://democracyforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NAEH-v-HUD-25-cv-636-Complaint-with-civil-cover-sheet-and-summons.pdf\">sued the Trump administration\u003c/a> this week, in conjunction with the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the National Low Income Housing Coalition. A \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/001_Cmplt.pdf\">separate lawsuit\u003c/a> was filed last week by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and a handful of other states. It marked the 47th time California sued the Trump administration in 44 weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, homeless service providers are waiting anxiously to see how the litigation plays out and wondering if the impending legal battle will further delay the money they desperately need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954915\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/CalMattersUnhousedLA02.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954915\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/CalMattersUnhousedLA02.jpg\" alt=\"A unhoused encampment is seen in Los Angeles. There are tents, belongings scattered and stacked, RVs in the background, a random shopping cart, and more. Many blue tarps cover the tops of the encampment area.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/CalMattersUnhousedLA02.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/CalMattersUnhousedLA02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/CalMattersUnhousedLA02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/CalMattersUnhousedLA02-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An encampment, in Los Angeles on June 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Julie A Hotz/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s just the matter of how long it’s going to take that concerns me,” said Robert Ratner, director of Santa Cruz County’s Housing for Health, which coordinates the county’s homelessness response. “Because while we’re waiting for these issues to get resolved, we have programs that are going to run out of money to support people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Housing and Urban Development did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement last month, HUD Secretary Scott Turner said the changes are aimed at “stopping the Biden-era slush fund that fueled the homelessness crisis, shut out faith-based providers simply because of their values, and incentivized never-ending government dependency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/trump-homeless-funds-cuts/\">changes\u003c/a> the Trump administration made to its funding policy last month. Jurisdictions applying for a piece of about $4 billion in federal homelessness funds now can’t spend more than 30% of that money on permanent housing — a significant decrease. Los Angeles County, for example, currently spends more than 80% on permanent housing. Instead, the federal government wants localities to prioritize emergency shelter and temporary housing programs that require participants to be sober or participate in treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While shelters offer a temporary respite from the streets, permanent housing can end someone’s homelessness. For years, the federal government has prioritized funding permanent housing using the “housing first” method — a strategy that moves people into housing as quickly as possible, without requiring them to first get sober or agree to addiction treatment. Veering away from both of those principles marks a major policy shift.[aside postID=news_12065708 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250325-ApartmentsonWestside-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Last year, California communities won more than $683 million in federal homelessness funds through what is called the Continuum of Care program. About 90% of that went to permanent housing projects, which currently house tens of thousands of Californians, according to Newsom. The new rule threatens to put those people back out onto the street, he said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/25/governor-newsom-sues-trump-administration-for-cruel-cuts-to-homeless-housing-funding-that-will-hurt-families/\">news release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new policy also prohibits the use of federal funds for diversity and inclusion efforts, support of transgender clients, and use of “harm reduction” strategies that seek to reduce overdose deaths by helping people in active addiction use drugs more safely. And it gives preference for projects in cities, counties and states that ban homeless encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both lawsuits allege that the Trump administration’s funding changes violate the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution by defying the rules Congress set out for distributing the funds. Congress authorized a two-year grant cycle in 2024, meaning local jurisdictions wouldn’t have to reapply for funds in 2025. The Trump administration flouted that decision when it suddenly forced jurisdictions to reapply, the lawsuits allege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuits also claim the administration didn’t go through proper protocol before enacting the changes to its funding strategy, which would have included giving cities and counties more time to comply with the new rules, and allowing stakeholders to comment on the changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, Ratner is of two minds about the lawsuits. On one hand, he believes the abrupt way the Trump administration rolled out the funding changes was “very inappropriate.” But he worries a lengthy court battle could tie up funds his county needs to pay people’s rents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Alliance to End Homelessness \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/09/ca-homelessness-funding-population/\">sued the Trump administration\u003c/a> over similar allegations tied to a smaller, $75 million pot of homelessness funding in September. A judge \u003ca href=\"https://endhomelessness.org/media/court-blocks-trump-vance-administrations-unlawful-housing-grant-restrictions/\">sided with the Alliance\u003c/a>, and temporarily barred the federal government from distributing those funds. But now that money is frozen, unable to help unhoused residents as the case moves forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“While we’re waiting for these issues to get resolved, we have programs that are going to run out of money to support people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ccite>Robert Ratner, director, Housing for Health\u003c/cite>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ratner worries that could happen again in this case. Santa Cruz County is set to start hitting serious financial problems as soon as February, Ratner said. That’s when a $1.2 million supportive housing grant, which currently houses about 50 people in different apartments around the county, is set to expire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration doesn’t expect to start awarding Continuum of Care money until May. It’s unclear how the lawsuits will affect that timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Ratner and other homeless service providers are trying to remain optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point, we don’t know how long the litigation process will take, but we’re hopeful it leads to a more workable path forward,” Sacramento Steps Forward CEO Lisa Bates said in a statement. “Of course, any delay in federal funding would have real impacts on communities across the country, including ours, to operate shelters, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and essential system coordination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/12/homelessness-funding-lawsuits/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chain of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065126/he-built-a-nursing-home-empire-despite-state-investigations-now-lawsuits-are-piling-up\">California nursing homes owned by Shlomo Rechnitz\u003c/a> and his companies has faced state scrutiny for years. Now, a series of recent lawsuits is bringing renewed attention to his companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elder care advocates say Rechnitz’ companies are Exhibit A in how regulators at the Department of Public Health are failing some of California’s most vulnerable citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/\">CalMatters investigation\u003c/a> documented that the state Department of Public Health allowed Rechnitz and his companies to operate 18 nursing homes while delaying a decision on granting licenses to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state had kept the license applications in a “pending” status for seven years after he acquired them. Rechnitz and his companies were allowed to continue operating five additional homes even after the state denied licenses to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles entrepreneur Shlomo Rechnitz owns one of California’s largest nursing home chains. Several of the nursing homes are in court over patient allegations of neglect and negligence. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters. Source image: Sacramento Bee photo by Paul Kitagaki)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/09/nursing-home-licensing-bill/\">signed a law\u003c/a> meant to address the issue, but state regulators in 2023 granted Rechnitz’ companies the licenses to operate the homes just before the measure took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are key takeaways from CalMatters’ most recent coverage:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newly licensed homes now subjects of patient lawsuits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several homes that received licenses in 2023 are now being sued by patients and their family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26277158-jury-verdict/\">awarded $2.34 million\u003c/a> to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that Country Villa Wilshire had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious injuries.[aside postID=news_12064768 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/008_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023_qed.jpg']This coming February, a jury in Shasta County is scheduled to hear a case against Windsor Redding, which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21069802-complaint-2/\">accused of negligence\u003c/a> in the 2020 COVID-19 deaths of 24 patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another upcoming case involves 78-year-old Barbara Pendley, who allegedly died after \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276972-pendley-complaint-fac-8-4-23/\">suffering severe dehydration\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284983-northpoint-answer/\">North Point Healthcare & Wellness Centre\u003c/a> in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And trial is scheduled to begin next spring in the case of a 79-year-old dementia patient, referred to as \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284981-answer-to-cheryl-doe/\">Cheryl Doe\u003c/a>, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276978-doe-complaint-2-2-24/\">allegedly raped twice \u003c/a>at Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland; a second case against the same facility alleges that \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276976-williams-complaint-6-26-24/\">excessive sedation\u003c/a> of 64-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284980-williams-defendants-answer-to-plaintiffs-complaint1455624141/\">Alando Williams\u003c/a> led to his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz and his companies have denied allegations in all of these cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is accurate that nursing homes are the target of abusive lawsuits that accomplish nothing but depleting resources for patient care,” said Mark Johnson, an attorney for the facilities and their holding company, Brius.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On average, more citations at Rechnitz homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A CalMatters analysis of data from both the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/CalHealthFind/Pages/Home.aspx\">state health department\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/4pq5-n9py\">federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\u003c/a> found 78 California facilities in which Shlomo Rechnitz or his wife, Tamar, were listed among the owners. On average the facilities fared poorly on several key quality metrics compared to the state overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In the past three years, these 78 nursing homes received an average of 12.4 citations for facility-reported incidents, compared with 6.1 for all nursing homes statewide.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A higher proportion of the facilities has received a federal fine in the last three years than the state’s overall rate. Two-thirds of these facilities received at least one federal fine in the last three years, compared to half of all facilities across the state.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The facilities have been fined an average of $47,897 during the last three years, compared to an average of $29,573 for all California facilities.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, said in his email that a large percentage of these facilities are located in Los Angeles County, which issues deficiencies at a higher rate than any county in California, many of which are overturned on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that “Mr. Rechnitz’s facilities self-report at a significantly higher rate than other comparable facilities,” which, in turn, could lead them to have a higher number of deficiencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rechnitz is wealthy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In August 2024, an Alameda County jury found that Alameda Healthcare & Wellness had violated the rights of 71-year-old James Doherty, Sr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26092434-60650058-08-18-2025-special-verdict-form-1-from-jurors-v3/\">more than 1,400 times\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12064693 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg']That included seven instances in which staff failed to transport him, causing him to miss chemotherapy treatments, court documents said. Doherty died following the development of a large pressure sore. His family was awarded $7.6 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another key revelation from that case: Rechnitz and his wife disclosed their net worth. According to financial documents filed in court, it comes to $786 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Chicotel, a senior staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, said that dollar figure hasn’t been divulged publicly before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least in some of these chains, the money that was meant to go for patient care is being stripped away and sent up top to the ownership,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Advocates say the state is not doing its job\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Elder care advocates say the state Department of Public Health could push for greater accountability, including withholding licenses from owners they deem to be bad actors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy York, a Sacramento attorney specializing in nursing home abuse, said that watching elderly and disabled residents repeatedly suffer the same types of injuries in these facilities “feels like a broken record. It feels like Groundhog Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are “government agencies who are responsible for their oversight,” York said, but “at the end of the day, it feels like we’re the ones who are doing the enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Department of Public Health spokesman Mark Smith said in an emailed statement that the department “remains committed to transparency and accountability for all providers, and to the health and safety of all nursing home residents in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/11/nursing-home-takeaways/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/\">CalMatters investigation\u003c/a> documented that the state Department of Public Health allowed Rechnitz and his companies to operate 18 nursing homes while delaying a decision on granting licenses to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state had kept the license applications in a “pending” status for seven years after he acquired them. Rechnitz and his companies were allowed to continue operating five additional homes even after the state denied licenses to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/Shlomo-Rechnitz_AH_CM_01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles entrepreneur Shlomo Rechnitz owns one of California’s largest nursing home chains. Several of the nursing homes are in court over patient allegations of neglect and negligence. \u003ccite>(Illustration by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters. Source image: Sacramento Bee photo by Paul Kitagaki)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/09/nursing-home-licensing-bill/\">signed a law\u003c/a> meant to address the issue, but state regulators in 2023 granted Rechnitz’ companies the licenses to operate the homes just before the measure took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are key takeaways from CalMatters’ most recent coverage:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newly licensed homes now subjects of patient lawsuits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several homes that received licenses in 2023 are now being sued by patients and their family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2024, a Los Angeles County jury \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26277158-jury-verdict/\">awarded $2.34 million\u003c/a> to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that Country Villa Wilshire had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious injuries.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This coming February, a jury in Shasta County is scheduled to hear a case against Windsor Redding, which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21069802-complaint-2/\">accused of negligence\u003c/a> in the 2020 COVID-19 deaths of 24 patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another upcoming case involves 78-year-old Barbara Pendley, who allegedly died after \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276972-pendley-complaint-fac-8-4-23/\">suffering severe dehydration\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284983-northpoint-answer/\">North Point Healthcare & Wellness Centre\u003c/a> in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And trial is scheduled to begin next spring in the case of a 79-year-old dementia patient, referred to as \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284981-answer-to-cheryl-doe/\">Cheryl Doe\u003c/a>, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276978-doe-complaint-2-2-24/\">allegedly raped twice \u003c/a>at Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland; a second case against the same facility alleges that \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276976-williams-complaint-6-26-24/\">excessive sedation\u003c/a> of 64-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284980-williams-defendants-answer-to-plaintiffs-complaint1455624141/\">Alando Williams\u003c/a> led to his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz and his companies have denied allegations in all of these cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is accurate that nursing homes are the target of abusive lawsuits that accomplish nothing but depleting resources for patient care,” said Mark Johnson, an attorney for the facilities and their holding company, Brius.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On average, more citations at Rechnitz homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A CalMatters analysis of data from both the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/CalHealthFind/Pages/Home.aspx\">state health department\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/4pq5-n9py\">federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\u003c/a> found 78 California facilities in which Shlomo Rechnitz or his wife, Tamar, were listed among the owners. On average the facilities fared poorly on several key quality metrics compared to the state overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In the past three years, these 78 nursing homes received an average of 12.4 citations for facility-reported incidents, compared with 6.1 for all nursing homes statewide.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A higher proportion of the facilities has received a federal fine in the last three years than the state’s overall rate. Two-thirds of these facilities received at least one federal fine in the last three years, compared to half of all facilities across the state.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The facilities have been fined an average of $47,897 during the last three years, compared to an average of $29,573 for all California facilities.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, said in his email that a large percentage of these facilities are located in Los Angeles County, which issues deficiencies at a higher rate than any county in California, many of which are overturned on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that “Mr. Rechnitz’s facilities self-report at a significantly higher rate than other comparable facilities,” which, in turn, could lead them to have a higher number of deficiencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rechnitz is wealthy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In August 2024, an Alameda County jury found that Alameda Healthcare & Wellness had violated the rights of 71-year-old James Doherty, Sr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26092434-60650058-08-18-2025-special-verdict-form-1-from-jurors-v3/\">more than 1,400 times\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That included seven instances in which staff failed to transport him, causing him to miss chemotherapy treatments, court documents said. Doherty died following the development of a large pressure sore. His family was awarded $7.6 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another key revelation from that case: Rechnitz and his wife disclosed their net worth. According to financial documents filed in court, it comes to $786 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Chicotel, a senior staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, said that dollar figure hasn’t been divulged publicly before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least in some of these chains, the money that was meant to go for patient care is being stripped away and sent up top to the ownership,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Advocates say the state is not doing its job\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Elder care advocates say the state Department of Public Health could push for greater accountability, including withholding licenses from owners they deem to be bad actors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy York, a Sacramento attorney specializing in nursing home abuse, said that watching elderly and disabled residents repeatedly suffer the same types of injuries in these facilities “feels like a broken record. It feels like Groundhog Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are “government agencies who are responsible for their oversight,” York said, but “at the end of the day, it feels like we’re the ones who are doing the enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Department of Public Health spokesman Mark Smith said in an emailed statement that the department “remains committed to transparency and accountability for all providers, and to the health and safety of all nursing home residents in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/11/nursing-home-takeaways/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California lawmakers are condemning \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911337/mourning-charlie-kirk-trump-blames-the-left-for-political-violence\">political violence\u003c/a> after two National Guard troops were shot near the White House on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, both of the troops were \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/wvgovernor/status/1993782336056357214\">members of the state’s National Guard contingent\u003c/a>. He initially said both had died, but later walked back the statement to say his office was “receiving conflicting reports” about their condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said the Guard members were hospitalized in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There must be zero tolerance for violence — of any kind — against the brave men and women in uniform who selflessly serve our communities and our country,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement on social media. He called the shooting “horrific and unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The guardsmen were shot shortly after 2 p.m. Eastern time on the corner of 17th and H streets, near a Washington Metro station just two blocks northwest of the White House. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-shooting-dc-c5785dd8920d2d1ac7d71fab769faf5f\">According to the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, one of the officers was shot in the head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/AP25330788632315-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065563\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/AP25330788632315-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/AP25330788632315-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/AP25330788632315-2000x1334.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/AP25330788632315-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/AP25330788632315-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/AP25330788632315-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Streets are blocked after reports that two National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House in Washington, Nov. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Anthony Peltier)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey Carroll, an executive assistant D.C. police chief, said investigators had no information on a motive. He said the assailant “came around the corner” and immediately started firing at the troops, citing video reviewed by investigators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was a targeted shooting,” Bowser said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump, who is in Florida, said the gunman was also injured. He called the perpetrator an “animal” and said they would “pay a very steep price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration quickly ordered 500 more National Guard members to Washington following the shooting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Trump asked him to send the extra troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing the gunfire, other troops in the area ran over and held down the shooter after he was shot, Carroll said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It appears to be a lone gunman that raised a firearm and ambushed these members of the National Guard,” Carroll said, adding that it was not clear whether one of the Guard members or a law enforcement officer shot the suspect.[aside postID=news_12065240 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/IMG_4486-1020x765.jpeg']“At this point, we have no other suspects,” Carroll said at a news conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one of the Guard members exchanged gunfire with the shooter, said another law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media video shared in the immediate aftermath showed first responders performing CPR on one of the troops and treating the other on a glass-covered sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our family is praying for the West Virginia Guardsmen, their loved ones and their unit, after today’s horrific shooting in D.C.,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1993829984847433877?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">said on social media\u003c/a>. “We condemn this violent act and thank the heroic first responders for rushing to the scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell, who launched a 2026 gubernatorial campaign last week, also denounced the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and all emergency responders on the scene,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepSwalwell/status/1993777830044553353\">he wrote on the social media platform X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no place for violence like this in America,” Sen. 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Washington is one of nine cities where the administration has sent federal officers, ostensibly to control crime issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deployments, which included Los Angeles, raised criticism from Democratic leaders that they would only serve to inflame tensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, when Trump ordered 2,000 troops to L.A., Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1931504803487879617\">wrote on social media\u003c/a> that it was “the wrong mission and will erode public trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Washington, Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-crime-national-guard-homelessness-655bc22834223c7dc93115bbcb2b215c\">emergency order\u003c/a> in August federalized the local police force and sent in National Guard troops from eight states and the District of Columbia. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“At this point, we have no other suspects,” Carroll said at a news conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one of the Guard members exchanged gunfire with the shooter, said another law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media video shared in the immediate aftermath showed first responders performing CPR on one of the troops and treating the other on a glass-covered sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our family is praying for the West Virginia Guardsmen, their loved ones and their unit, after today’s horrific shooting in D.C.,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1993829984847433877?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">said on social media\u003c/a>. “We condemn this violent act and thank the heroic first responders for rushing to the scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell, who launched a 2026 gubernatorial campaign last week, also denounced the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My thoughts are with the victims, their families, and all emergency responders on the scene,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepSwalwell/status/1993777830044553353\">he wrote on the social media platform X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no place for violence like this in America,” Sen. Alex Padilla \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SenAlexPadilla/status/1993799236429963748\">wrote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting comes amid concerns of escalating political violence after multiple high-profile assassinations this year, and months after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/restoring-law-and-order-in-the-district-of-columbia/\">Trump administration deployed National Guard troops\u003c/a> to the D.C. area, citing high crime and calling the condition of the city “a national disgrace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The local government of the District of Columbia has lost control of public order and safety in the city,” the White House memorandum from August said. Washington is one of nine cities where the administration has sent federal officers, ostensibly to control crime issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deployments, which included Los Angeles, raised criticism from Democratic leaders that they would only serve to inflame tensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, when Trump ordered 2,000 troops to L.A., Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1931504803487879617\">wrote on social media\u003c/a> that it was “the wrong mission and will erode public trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Washington, Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-crime-national-guard-homelessness-655bc22834223c7dc93115bbcb2b215c\">emergency order\u003c/a> in August federalized the local police force and sent in National Guard troops from eight states and the District of Columbia. The order expired a month later, but the troops remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 2,200 troops are currently assigned to the joint task force operating in the city, according to the government’s latest update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, a federal judge ordered an end to the deployment but also put her order on hold for 21 days to allow the Trump administration time to either remove the troops or appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Guard members have patrolled neighborhoods, train stations and other locations, participated in highway checkpoints and been assigned to pick up trash and to guard sports events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2024, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles-county\">a Los Angeles County jury\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26277158-jury-verdict/\">awarded $2.34 million\u003c/a> to an 84-year-old nursing home resident named Betsy Jentz, finding that the facility had violated her rights on 132 occasions, at times leading to serious injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six months later, an Alameda County jury found another facility had violated the rights of 71-year-old James Doherty, Sr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26092434-60650058-08-18-2025-special-verdict-form-1-from-jurors-v3/\">more than 1,400 times\u003c/a>. That included seven instances in which staff failed to transport him, causing him to miss chemotherapy treatments, court documents said. Doherty died following the development of a large pressure sore. His family was awarded $7.6 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, a jury in Shasta County is scheduled to hear a case against a nursing home \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21069802-complaint-2/\">accused of negligence\u003c/a> in the 2020 COVID-19 deaths of 24 patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And next spring, trial is scheduled to begin in the case of a 79-year-old dementia patient, referred to as \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284981-answer-to-cheryl-doe/\">Cheryl Doe\u003c/a>, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276978-doe-complaint-2-2-24/\">allegedly raped twice in another Alameda County facility\u003c/a>; a second case against the same facility alleges that \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276976-williams-complaint-6-26-24/\">excessive sedation\u003c/a> of 64-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284980-williams-defendants-answer-to-plaintiffs-complaint1455624141/\">Alando Williams\u003c/a> led to his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these facilities have one thing in common: state records list Shlomo Rechnitz as an owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court documents show Rechnitz and his companies have denied all allegations in all of the cases. Mark Johnson, an attorney representing Rechnitz’ facilities and one of his main companies, Brius LLC, said in an email that facilities cannot comment on active litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065135\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065135\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A jury in August held the nursing home Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center responsible for the death of James Doherty, 71, an Air Force veteran. The jury awarded his family $7.6 million.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Photo via Lanzone Morgan, LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is accurate that nursing homes are the target of abusive lawsuits that accomplish nothing but depleting resources for patient care,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson sought to distance his clients from the cases, saying that Rechnitz and his wife, Tamar, “are passive owners of the facilities” and have “absolutely no role in operations or management.” Johnson said “the licensees” contract with a company to manage the facilities, adding that “each facility has all the necessary resources for patients and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz has been on the state’s radar for years. In 2014, then-Attorney General Kamala Harris attempted to prevent him from purchasing new homes. In 2018, the State Auditor’s Office found his companies had significantly higher rates of federal deficiencies and complaints than the rest of the state’s care facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/\">CalMatters investigation\u003c/a> documented that the state Department of Public Health allowed Rechnitz and his companies to operate 18 nursing homes while delaying a decision on granting licenses to them. The state had kept the license applications in a “pending” status for seven years after he acquired the homes. Rechnitz and his companies were allowed to continue operating five additional homes even after the state denied licenses to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/09/nursing-home-licensing-bill/\">signed a law\u003c/a> meant to address the issue, but state regulators in 2023 granted Rechnitz’ companies the licenses to operate the homes just before the measure took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now elder care advocates say he is Exhibit A in how regulators at the Department of Public Health are failing some of California’s most vulnerable citizens. They say the state could push for greater accountability, including withholding licenses from owners they deem to be bad actors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy York, a Sacramento attorney specializing in nursing home abuse, said that watching elderly and disabled residents repeatedly suffer the same types of injuries in these facilities “feels like a broken record. It feels like Groundhog Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>York brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21069802-complaint-2/\">the lawsuit \u003c/a>in 2021 alleging that one of Rechnitz’ companies’ facilities, Windsor Redding Care Center, was responsible for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/10/rechnitz-nursing-home-lawsuit-covid-licensing/\">the COVID-related deaths of some 24 elderly and dependent residents\u003c/a>. Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, previously said the company “vehemently” disagrees with the allegations in the case, which is headed to trial early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are “government agencies who are responsible for their oversight,” York said, but “at the end of the day, it feels like we’re the ones who are doing the enforcement.”[aside postID=news_12064693 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg']Johnson called it “crucial to note that California is one of the only states in the country to provide zero liability protection for healthcare providers during the unprecedented pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is particularly noteworthy since nursing homes were the front line in trying to protect our frail and elderly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one of the cases against Rechnitz’ facilities includes allegations about his own conduct. A man suing Rechnitz and his companies over a relative’s injuries wrote in a sworn declaration filed in court that Rechnitz attempted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26092439-pocket-brief-re-witness-biasfiled/\">intimidate and bribe him\u003c/a> with Lakers tickets during an unexpected phone call on the eve of his scheduled testimony in Los Angeles County Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney representing Rechnitz’ facilities, called allegations about threats “completely false and defamatory.” A judge ruled the conversation could not be introduced as evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another case, Rechnitz and his wife Tamar in discovery disclosed their net worth: $786 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Chicotel, a senior staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, said that dollar figure hasn’t been divulged publicly before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least in some of these chains, the money that was meant to go for patient care is being stripped away and sent up top to the ownership,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, did not comment on the disclosure of the family’s wealth when CalMatters asked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Heightened monitoring’ for two years\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Department of Public Health has for years refused CalMatters’ requests for an interview about licensing issues related to Rechnitz’ companies’ homes. They again declined requests for an interview for this story. They did not provide a reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, spokesman Mark Smith, said in an emailed statement that the department “remains committed to transparency and accountability for all providers, and to the health and safety of all nursing home residents in California.” In response to CalMatters’ questions about facilities in which Rechnitz is listed as an owner, Smith noted that the department had “negotiated for and obtained \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHOW-Settlement-Agreement-MAJ-SR-KRS-CD-signed-FINAL.pdf\">heightened monitoring authority and additional enforcement powers\u003c/a>, beyond those applicable to other skilled nursing facilities, for a period of two years at 24 of this provider’s locations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/102525_NursingHomeEmpire_FM_CM_14-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A stone-faced building with a sign that reads “Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center” sits behind trees and shrubs on a rainy day. Blurred plant leaves frame the foreground. A “Bike Lane Begin” sign is posted near the corner of the building.\">\u003cfigcaption>Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center, a Shlomo Rechnitz-owned nursing home, in Alameda on Oct. 25, 2025. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That period has ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This does not mean our department will avoid holding this provider or their facilities accountable,” he said. “We will continue to monitor these locations as appropriate, enforce and cite for regulatory violations if needed, and take further corrective action if necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/CalMatters/data-rechnitz-nursing-homes\">CalMatters analysis\u003c/a> of data from both the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/CalHealthFind/Pages/Home.aspx\">state health department\u003c/a> and the federal \u003ca href=\"https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/4pq5-n9py\">Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\u003c/a> found 78 California facilities in which Shlomo Rechnitz or his wife, Tamar, were listed as having an ownership stake. On average the facilities fared poorly on several key quality metrics compared to the state overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In the past three years, the 78 nursing homes received an average of 12.4 citations for facility-reported incidents, compared with 6.1 for all nursing homes statewide.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A higher proportion of these facilities has received a federal fine in the last three years than the state’s overall rate. Two-thirds of the facilities received at least one federal fine in the last three years, compared to half of all facilities across the state.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The facilities have been fined an average of $47,897 during the last three years, compared to an average of $29,573 for all California facilities.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The facilities had comparably low \u003ca href=\"https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/certification-compliance/five-star-quality-rating-system\">federal quality ratings\u003c/a>: Almost 58% of these facilities had recent ratings of one or two stars (out of five), compared with slightly over 37% of facilities statewide.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, noted in his email that a large percentage of these facilities are located in Los Angeles County, which he said issues deficiencies at a higher rate than any county in California, many of which are overturned on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that “Mr. Rechnitz’ facilities self-report at a significantly higher rate than other comparable facilities,” which, in turn, could lead them to have a higher number of deficiencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Kamala Harris’ intervention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/\">Rechnitz bid on 18 Country Villa \u003c/a>nursing homes in federal bankruptcy court. Then Attorney General Harris was so concerned with his track record that she filed an emergency motion to prevent him from purchasing or managing the homes, describing him as “\u003ca href=\"https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20447183-emergency-motion-calif-ag-8-28-14#document/p4/a2018884\">a serial violator of rules within the skilled nursing industry\u003c/a>.” At the time, Rechnitz’ attorney characterized the remarks as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20447182-emergency-motion-rechnitz-response-8-29-14#document/p9/a2025411\">defamatory\u003c/a>” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20447182-emergency-motion-rechnitz-response-8-29-14#document/p2/a2018889\">outrageous\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The purchase went through.[aside postID=news_12064768 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/008_KQED_LagunaHondaHospital_01312023_qed.jpg']Rechnitz then submitted \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Pending-CHOWS-CDPH.pdf\">change-of-ownership applications\u003c/a> seeking licenses to run those homes. Rather than approving or denying them, CalMatters found that the state Department of Public Health simply left his applications in “pending” status for years. Despite that, his companies were allowed to continue operating the homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, he applied for \u003ca href=\"https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/20473863-windsor-chico-creek-care-and-rehabilitation-center-llc-denied_redacted\">licenses for five Windsor \u003c/a>nursing homes. The next year, the department denied the change of ownership applications, but again allowed Rechnitz’ companies to operate them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her scathing 2018 report, the state auditor Elaine Howle criticized the California Department of Public Health, saying weak oversight and licensing lapses increased risk to nursing home residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to address these issues, the Legislature passed a law in 2022 to close a loophole that had allowed nursing home operators to run facilities without first receiving licenses. The law required the Department of Public Health to look at an applicant’s track record over several years before granting a license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before that law took effect the following year, the Department of Public Health suddenly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2023/06/nursing-homes-california/\">granted Rechnitz\u003c/a> and his companies \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHOW-Settlement-Agreement-MAJ-SR-KRS-CD-signed-FINAL.pdf\">many of the licenses\u003c/a> it had previously left pending or outright denied. The group includes nursing homes that were the focus of recent lawsuits, such as Country Villa Wilshire, the Los Angeles-area facility where a jury awarded $2.34 million after a woman allegedly fell repeatedly due to understaffing; Windsor Redding, where the 24 patients died during a COVID outbreak; and Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland, where complaints filed in Alameda County Superior Court allege a woman was sexually assaulted twice and a man died after being given too much medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ed Dudensing, a Sacramento-based attorney who specializes in elder abuse in nursing homes, is bringing the case in Alameda County Superior Court alleging that neglect and poor staffing allowed a fellow patient to rape 79-year-old Cheryl Doe on multiple occasions while she stayed at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284981-answer-to-cheryl-doe/\">Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland\u003c/a>. He is also representing the family of 64-year-old Alando Williams \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284980-williams-defendants-answer-to-plaintiffs-complaint1455624141/\">in the lawsuit \u003c/a>against the same facility alleging overmedication and wrongful death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dudensing has three other active cases against facilities affiliated with Rechnitz and his web of companies alleging neglect, abuse and wrongful death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one of them, 78-year-old Barbara Pendley allegedly died after \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276972-pendley-complaint-fac-8-4-23/\">suffering severe dehydration\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284983-northpoint-answer/\">North Point Healthcare & Wellness Centre\u003c/a> in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Point was another facility that the state opted to grant Rechnitz and his companies the license for under the 2023 settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz and his companies have filed legal responses denying allegations in all of these cases, several of which are scheduled to go to trial in the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve just got to keep fighting,” Dudensing said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a time when there was a lot of scrutiny and that’s obviously well-documented,” he said. “But he managed to slip through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassie Dunham, the previous deputy director of the Center for Health Care Quality for the California Department of Public Health, last year became chief executive and president of the California Association of Health Facilities, the industry’s lobbying group. Through a spokesperson, Dunham declined an interview for this story citing her involvement with the development of departmental policy during the time that the state granted Rechnitz the licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corey Egel, a spokesman for the industry group and himself a former spokesman for the Department of Public Health, said in a statement that the association “supports strong, transparent oversight but believes the system would benefit from clearer timelines, more consistent application of standards, and more efficient resolution of pending cases — so that regulatory goals and resident care priorities can both be met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Patient lawsuit at newly licensed nursing home\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Among the facilities that Rechnitz’companies received a state license to run in 2023 was Country Villa Wilshire, an 81-bed Los Angeles nursing home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276977-complaint-jentz/\">a lawsuit against the facility\u003c/a>, 84-year-old Betsy Jentz landed there in November 2020 after she fell and fractured her ribs and hip. Prior to her injuries, the complaint stated that Jentz had been in excellent health; her attorneys said she had run 27 marathons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during the next year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26287898-plaintiffs-trial-brief/\">a plaintiff’s brief\u003c/a>, Jentz fell at least 10 times. On some of these occasions, she hit her head, suffered a fractured and dislocated shoulder and a fractured pelvis. The complaint also described malnutrition and severe pressure ulcers. It attributed those injuries to neglect. In court filings, Rechnitz and his companies have denied all responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065138\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1334px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065138\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01.jpeg 1334w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01-160x240.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01-1025x1536.jpeg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Los Angeles jury in February 2024 ordered a Los Angeles nursing home to pay Betsy Jentz $2.3 million, finding the facility had violated her rights and contributed to serious injuries.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Photo via Lanzone Morgan, LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the evening of Jan. 28, 2024, Jentz’ great nephew Derek Skylar Aud was preparing to testify in court the next morning. Then, according to court documents, he received an unexpected phone call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man on the other end of the line introduced himself as Shlomo Rechnitz, Aud later wrote in a declaration filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of more than an hour, Rechnitz allegedly told Aud that “things would get very nasty” for him and Jentz if Aud testified, the declaration said. Rechnitz allegedly said he would prolong the case for years and bring to light damaging information his private investigators had collected about Jentz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said his private investigators had learned that Jentz loved basketball, and said she could receive courtside Lakers tickets “right next to LeBron James” if she agreed to a side deal, Aud told the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Rechnitz then said ‘listen, I get it, we really fucked up and I’m accepting full responsibility, but I want the remedy or accountability to be on my terms and cut all these outrageous attorney’s fees out of the picture,’” Aud said in the declaration. “He also said ‘we fucked up and I accept responsibility, we were severely understaffed.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz did not directly respond to these allegations in court, and the judge ultimately did not allow the jury to consider the phone call to Aud in making its decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys from Lanzone Morgan, a Long Beach law firm that specializes in nursing home abuse, represented Jentz and Aud in their case against Country Villa Wilshire. They said that the judge accepted defense attorneys’ argument that the call constituted “confidential settlement discussions” and did not allow the jury to hear testimony about it. Gittler & Berg and Ekpebe Law Group, the law firms that represented Rechnitz and his companies in the case, did not respond to CalMatters’ requests for comment. The jury’s $2.34 million verdict is now being appealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lanzone Morgan also brought the case against Alameda Healthcare & Wellness that ended in the $7.6 million judgment in August. The case is in a post-trial phase in which the judge is determining how to apportion the liability among defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rockport Healthcare Services, the administrative services company for many of the homes, is also named in some of the lawsuits, including the one against Alameda Healthcare & Wellness. Rockport is owned by Steven Stroll, who has also served as Rechnitz’ accountant. Rockport has \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26287892-ca-sup-alm-23cv051024-d42813823e717-answer-filed-by-alameda-healthcare-wellness-center/\">filed responses in court\u003c/a> denying responsibility for the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Kim, an attorney with Lanzone Morgan, said she wants to see the Department of Public Health stop issuing licenses to Rechnitz and “other bad actors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s shocking to me that he’s able to get licenses after he pretty much runs many of his facilities into the ground,” she said. She referred to an Aug. 22 trial in which Rechnitz acknowledged owning a private plane and having recently sold a home in Los Angeles for $23 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her client, Aud, whose great aunt Jentz died in January 2025 a few months after the jury made its decision, wrote in\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26092439-pocket-brief-re-witness-biasfiled/\"> his declaration to the court\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I continue to feel uneasy about the calls and threats and I carry the fear of retaliation with me daily…I do live in fear that Mr. Rechnitz is now even more furious and that he will make good on his threats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters Data Reporter Erica Yee contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>About the data\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides court records, the data on Rechnitz-owned facilities in this story is based on state and federal databases. \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/CalMatters/data-rechnitz-nursing-homes\">See full methodology and download the data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/11/nursing-home-shlomo-rechnitz/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And next spring, trial is scheduled to begin in the case of a 79-year-old dementia patient, referred to as \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284981-answer-to-cheryl-doe/\">Cheryl Doe\u003c/a>, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276978-doe-complaint-2-2-24/\">allegedly raped twice in another Alameda County facility\u003c/a>; a second case against the same facility alleges that \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276976-williams-complaint-6-26-24/\">excessive sedation\u003c/a> of 64-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284980-williams-defendants-answer-to-plaintiffs-complaint1455624141/\">Alando Williams\u003c/a> led to his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these facilities have one thing in common: state records list Shlomo Rechnitz as an owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court documents show Rechnitz and his companies have denied all allegations in all of the cases. Mark Johnson, an attorney representing Rechnitz’ facilities and one of his main companies, Brius LLC, said in an email that facilities cannot comment on active litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065135\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065135\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-James-Doherty-CM-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A jury in August held the nursing home Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center responsible for the death of James Doherty, 71, an Air Force veteran. The jury awarded his family $7.6 million.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Photo via Lanzone Morgan, LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is accurate that nursing homes are the target of abusive lawsuits that accomplish nothing but depleting resources for patient care,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson sought to distance his clients from the cases, saying that Rechnitz and his wife, Tamar, “are passive owners of the facilities” and have “absolutely no role in operations or management.” Johnson said “the licensees” contract with a company to manage the facilities, adding that “each facility has all the necessary resources for patients and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz has been on the state’s radar for years. In 2014, then-Attorney General Kamala Harris attempted to prevent him from purchasing new homes. In 2018, the State Auditor’s Office found his companies had significantly higher rates of federal deficiencies and complaints than the rest of the state’s care facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/\">CalMatters investigation\u003c/a> documented that the state Department of Public Health allowed Rechnitz and his companies to operate 18 nursing homes while delaying a decision on granting licenses to them. The state had kept the license applications in a “pending” status for seven years after he acquired the homes. Rechnitz and his companies were allowed to continue operating five additional homes even after the state denied licenses to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/09/nursing-home-licensing-bill/\">signed a law\u003c/a> meant to address the issue, but state regulators in 2023 granted Rechnitz’ companies the licenses to operate the homes just before the measure took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now elder care advocates say he is Exhibit A in how regulators at the Department of Public Health are failing some of California’s most vulnerable citizens. They say the state could push for greater accountability, including withholding licenses from owners they deem to be bad actors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy York, a Sacramento attorney specializing in nursing home abuse, said that watching elderly and disabled residents repeatedly suffer the same types of injuries in these facilities “feels like a broken record. It feels like Groundhog Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>York brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21069802-complaint-2/\">the lawsuit \u003c/a>in 2021 alleging that one of Rechnitz’ companies’ facilities, Windsor Redding Care Center, was responsible for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/10/rechnitz-nursing-home-lawsuit-covid-licensing/\">the COVID-related deaths of some 24 elderly and dependent residents\u003c/a>. Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, previously said the company “vehemently” disagrees with the allegations in the case, which is headed to trial early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are “government agencies who are responsible for their oversight,” York said, but “at the end of the day, it feels like we’re the ones who are doing the enforcement.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Johnson called it “crucial to note that California is one of the only states in the country to provide zero liability protection for healthcare providers during the unprecedented pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is particularly noteworthy since nursing homes were the front line in trying to protect our frail and elderly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one of the cases against Rechnitz’ facilities includes allegations about his own conduct. A man suing Rechnitz and his companies over a relative’s injuries wrote in a sworn declaration filed in court that Rechnitz attempted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26092439-pocket-brief-re-witness-biasfiled/\">intimidate and bribe him\u003c/a> with Lakers tickets during an unexpected phone call on the eve of his scheduled testimony in Los Angeles County Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney representing Rechnitz’ facilities, called allegations about threats “completely false and defamatory.” A judge ruled the conversation could not be introduced as evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another case, Rechnitz and his wife Tamar in discovery disclosed their net worth: $786 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Chicotel, a senior staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, said that dollar figure hasn’t been divulged publicly before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least in some of these chains, the money that was meant to go for patient care is being stripped away and sent up top to the ownership,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, did not comment on the disclosure of the family’s wealth when CalMatters asked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Heightened monitoring’ for two years\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Department of Public Health has for years refused CalMatters’ requests for an interview about licensing issues related to Rechnitz’ companies’ homes. They again declined requests for an interview for this story. They did not provide a reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, spokesman Mark Smith, said in an emailed statement that the department “remains committed to transparency and accountability for all providers, and to the health and safety of all nursing home residents in California.” In response to CalMatters’ questions about facilities in which Rechnitz is listed as an owner, Smith noted that the department had “negotiated for and obtained \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHOW-Settlement-Agreement-MAJ-SR-KRS-CD-signed-FINAL.pdf\">heightened monitoring authority and additional enforcement powers\u003c/a>, beyond those applicable to other skilled nursing facilities, for a period of two years at 24 of this provider’s locations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/102525_NursingHomeEmpire_FM_CM_14-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A stone-faced building with a sign that reads “Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center” sits behind trees and shrubs on a rainy day. Blurred plant leaves frame the foreground. A “Bike Lane Begin” sign is posted near the corner of the building.\">\u003cfigcaption>Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center, a Shlomo Rechnitz-owned nursing home, in Alameda on Oct. 25, 2025. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That period has ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This does not mean our department will avoid holding this provider or their facilities accountable,” he said. “We will continue to monitor these locations as appropriate, enforce and cite for regulatory violations if needed, and take further corrective action if necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/CalMatters/data-rechnitz-nursing-homes\">CalMatters analysis\u003c/a> of data from both the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/CalHealthFind/Pages/Home.aspx\">state health department\u003c/a> and the federal \u003ca href=\"https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/4pq5-n9py\">Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\u003c/a> found 78 California facilities in which Shlomo Rechnitz or his wife, Tamar, were listed as having an ownership stake. On average the facilities fared poorly on several key quality metrics compared to the state overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In the past three years, the 78 nursing homes received an average of 12.4 citations for facility-reported incidents, compared with 6.1 for all nursing homes statewide.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A higher proportion of these facilities has received a federal fine in the last three years than the state’s overall rate. Two-thirds of the facilities received at least one federal fine in the last three years, compared to half of all facilities across the state.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The facilities have been fined an average of $47,897 during the last three years, compared to an average of $29,573 for all California facilities.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The facilities had comparably low \u003ca href=\"https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/certification-compliance/five-star-quality-rating-system\">federal quality ratings\u003c/a>: Almost 58% of these facilities had recent ratings of one or two stars (out of five), compared with slightly over 37% of facilities statewide.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Johnson, the attorney for Rechnitz’ facilities, noted in his email that a large percentage of these facilities are located in Los Angeles County, which he said issues deficiencies at a higher rate than any county in California, many of which are overturned on appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that “Mr. Rechnitz’ facilities self-report at a significantly higher rate than other comparable facilities,” which, in turn, could lead them to have a higher number of deficiencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Kamala Harris’ intervention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-oversight-nursing-homes/\">Rechnitz bid on 18 Country Villa \u003c/a>nursing homes in federal bankruptcy court. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Rechnitz then submitted \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Pending-CHOWS-CDPH.pdf\">change-of-ownership applications\u003c/a> seeking licenses to run those homes. Rather than approving or denying them, CalMatters found that the state Department of Public Health simply left his applications in “pending” status for years. Despite that, his companies were allowed to continue operating the homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, he applied for \u003ca href=\"https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/20473863-windsor-chico-creek-care-and-rehabilitation-center-llc-denied_redacted\">licenses for five Windsor \u003c/a>nursing homes. The next year, the department denied the change of ownership applications, but again allowed Rechnitz’ companies to operate them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her scathing 2018 report, the state auditor Elaine Howle criticized the California Department of Public Health, saying weak oversight and licensing lapses increased risk to nursing home residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to address these issues, the Legislature passed a law in 2022 to close a loophole that had allowed nursing home operators to run facilities without first receiving licenses. The law required the Department of Public Health to look at an applicant’s track record over several years before granting a license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before that law took effect the following year, the Department of Public Health suddenly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2023/06/nursing-homes-california/\">granted Rechnitz\u003c/a> and his companies \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CHOW-Settlement-Agreement-MAJ-SR-KRS-CD-signed-FINAL.pdf\">many of the licenses\u003c/a> it had previously left pending or outright denied. The group includes nursing homes that were the focus of recent lawsuits, such as Country Villa Wilshire, the Los Angeles-area facility where a jury awarded $2.34 million after a woman allegedly fell repeatedly due to understaffing; Windsor Redding, where the 24 patients died during a COVID outbreak; and Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland, where complaints filed in Alameda County Superior Court allege a woman was sexually assaulted twice and a man died after being given too much medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ed Dudensing, a Sacramento-based attorney who specializes in elder abuse in nursing homes, is bringing the case in Alameda County Superior Court alleging that neglect and poor staffing allowed a fellow patient to rape 79-year-old Cheryl Doe on multiple occasions while she stayed at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284981-answer-to-cheryl-doe/\">Windsor Healthcare Center of Oakland\u003c/a>. He is also representing the family of 64-year-old Alando Williams \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284980-williams-defendants-answer-to-plaintiffs-complaint1455624141/\">in the lawsuit \u003c/a>against the same facility alleging overmedication and wrongful death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dudensing has three other active cases against facilities affiliated with Rechnitz and his web of companies alleging neglect, abuse and wrongful death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one of them, 78-year-old Barbara Pendley allegedly died after \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276972-pendley-complaint-fac-8-4-23/\">suffering severe dehydration\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26284983-northpoint-answer/\">North Point Healthcare & Wellness Centre\u003c/a> in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Point was another facility that the state opted to grant Rechnitz and his companies the license for under the 2023 settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz and his companies have filed legal responses denying allegations in all of these cases, several of which are scheduled to go to trial in the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve just got to keep fighting,” Dudensing said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a time when there was a lot of scrutiny and that’s obviously well-documented,” he said. “But he managed to slip through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassie Dunham, the previous deputy director of the Center for Health Care Quality for the California Department of Public Health, last year became chief executive and president of the California Association of Health Facilities, the industry’s lobbying group. Through a spokesperson, Dunham declined an interview for this story citing her involvement with the development of departmental policy during the time that the state granted Rechnitz the licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corey Egel, a spokesman for the industry group and himself a former spokesman for the Department of Public Health, said in a statement that the association “supports strong, transparent oversight but believes the system would benefit from clearer timelines, more consistent application of standards, and more efficient resolution of pending cases — so that regulatory goals and resident care priorities can both be met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Patient lawsuit at newly licensed nursing home\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Among the facilities that Rechnitz’companies received a state license to run in 2023 was Country Villa Wilshire, an 81-bed Los Angeles nursing home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26276977-complaint-jentz/\">a lawsuit against the facility\u003c/a>, 84-year-old Betsy Jentz landed there in November 2020 after she fell and fractured her ribs and hip. Prior to her injuries, the complaint stated that Jentz had been in excellent health; her attorneys said she had run 27 marathons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during the next year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26287898-plaintiffs-trial-brief/\">a plaintiff’s brief\u003c/a>, Jentz fell at least 10 times. On some of these occasions, she hit her head, suffered a fractured and dislocated shoulder and a fractured pelvis. The complaint also described malnutrition and severe pressure ulcers. It attributed those injuries to neglect. In court filings, Rechnitz and his companies have denied all responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065138\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1334px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1334\" height=\"2000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065138\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01.jpeg 1334w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01-160x240.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/111725-Betsy-Jentz-CM-01-1025x1536.jpeg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Los Angeles jury in February 2024 ordered a Los Angeles nursing home to pay Betsy Jentz $2.3 million, finding the facility had violated her rights and contributed to serious injuries.\u003cbr> \u003ccite>(Photo via Lanzone Morgan, LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the evening of Jan. 28, 2024, Jentz’ great nephew Derek Skylar Aud was preparing to testify in court the next morning. Then, according to court documents, he received an unexpected phone call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man on the other end of the line introduced himself as Shlomo Rechnitz, Aud later wrote in a declaration filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of more than an hour, Rechnitz allegedly told Aud that “things would get very nasty” for him and Jentz if Aud testified, the declaration said. Rechnitz allegedly said he would prolong the case for years and bring to light damaging information his private investigators had collected about Jentz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said his private investigators had learned that Jentz loved basketball, and said she could receive courtside Lakers tickets “right next to LeBron James” if she agreed to a side deal, Aud told the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Rechnitz then said ‘listen, I get it, we really fucked up and I’m accepting full responsibility, but I want the remedy or accountability to be on my terms and cut all these outrageous attorney’s fees out of the picture,’” Aud said in the declaration. “He also said ‘we fucked up and I accept responsibility, we were severely understaffed.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rechnitz did not directly respond to these allegations in court, and the judge ultimately did not allow the jury to consider the phone call to Aud in making its decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys from Lanzone Morgan, a Long Beach law firm that specializes in nursing home abuse, represented Jentz and Aud in their case against Country Villa Wilshire. They said that the judge accepted defense attorneys’ argument that the call constituted “confidential settlement discussions” and did not allow the jury to hear testimony about it. Gittler & Berg and Ekpebe Law Group, the law firms that represented Rechnitz and his companies in the case, did not respond to CalMatters’ requests for comment. The jury’s $2.34 million verdict is now being appealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lanzone Morgan also brought the case against Alameda Healthcare & Wellness that ended in the $7.6 million judgment in August. The case is in a post-trial phase in which the judge is determining how to apportion the liability among defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rockport Healthcare Services, the administrative services company for many of the homes, is also named in some of the lawsuits, including the one against Alameda Healthcare & Wellness. Rockport is owned by Steven Stroll, who has also served as Rechnitz’ accountant. Rockport has \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26287892-ca-sup-alm-23cv051024-d42813823e717-answer-filed-by-alameda-healthcare-wellness-center/\">filed responses in court\u003c/a> denying responsibility for the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Kim, an attorney with Lanzone Morgan, said she wants to see the Department of Public Health stop issuing licenses to Rechnitz and “other bad actors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s shocking to me that he’s able to get licenses after he pretty much runs many of his facilities into the ground,” she said. 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