belva: good evening. i m bell have a davis and welcome to this week in northern california. joining me on our news panel tonight. tom vacar, ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the san francisco chronicle. and wyatt buchanan, sacramento bureau reporter, also with the chronicle. and josh richman, legal call affairs reporter with the oakland tribune. how is california so far ahead of other states in implementing president obama s health care bill? we had a governor, former republican governor, who was very supportive of it. even before this new administration came to power, california was kind of ahead of the curve on this. former governor schwarzenegger signed legislation authorizing a the creation of a health care exchange, which is basically a state-run marketplace where unemployed californians will be able to get insurance. he appointed two relatively moderate people to it who are very likely to want to stay the course with the law as it was enac
belva: good evening. i m bell have a davis and welcome to this week in northern california. joining me on our news panel tonight. tom vacar, ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the san francisco chronicle. and wyatt buchanan, sacramento bureau reporter, also with the chronicle. and josh richman, legal call affairs reporter with the oakland tribune. how is california so far ahead of other states in implementing president obama s health care bill? we had a governor, former republican governor, who was very supportive of it. even before this new administration came to power, california was kind of ahead of the curve on this. former governor schwarzenegger signed legislation authorizing a the creation of a health care exchange, which is basically a state-run marketplace where unemployed californians will be able to get insurance. he appointed two relatively moderate people to it who are very likely to want to stay the course with the law as it was enac
northern california. joining me on our news panel tonight. tom vacar, ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the san francisco chronicle. and wyatt buchanan, sacramento bureau reporter, also with the chronicle. and josh richman, legal call affairs reporter with the oakland tribune. how is california so far ahead of other states in implementing president obama s health care bill? we had a governor, former republican governor, who was very supportive of it. even before this new administration came to power, california was kind of ahead of the curve on this. former governor schwarzenegger signed legislation authorizing a the creation of a health care exchange, which is basically a state-run marketplace where unemployed californians will be able to get insurance. he appointed two relatively moderate people to it who are very likely to want to stay the course with the law as it was enacted. we actually got a little bit ahead of the curve even further yet by c
belva: good evening. i m bell have a davis and welcome to this week in northern california. joining me on our news panel tonight. tom vacar, ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the san francisco chronicle. and wyatt buchanan, sacramento bureau reporter, also with the chronicle. and josh richman, legal call affairs reporter with the oakland tribune. how is california so far ahead of other states in implementing president obama s health care bill? we had a governor, former republican governor, who was very supportive of it. even before this new administration came to power, california was kind of ahead of the curve on this. former governor schwarzenegger signed legislation authorizing a the creation of a health care exchange, which is basically a state-run marketplace where unemployed californians will be able to get insurance. he appointed two relatively moderate people to it who are very likely to want to stay the course with the law as it was enac