Confronted over abuse, California is bringing 116 kids home from faraway programs. Counties are scrambling
Dec. 18, 2020
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Maxwell, shown near her Stockton home, says staff at out-of-state facilities where she was sent abused children in their care.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Josiah, 19, at Ph
oenix Green Park in Sacramento, spent one year at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo, Mich., where a teen died after Sequel staff piled on him.Salgu Wissmath / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
County officials across California are scrambling to find new homes for more than 100 children with mental health and behavioral issues, following the state’s landmark decision to stop shipping these young people to faraway facilities.
SACRAMENTO President-elect Joe Biden didn’t back “Medicare for All” during his campaign.
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“Now it’s much more real, and it energizes me in terms of pushing for single-payer now,” said state Assembly member Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), who is considering spearheading a new single-payer campaign next year a move he argues is more plausible under the Biden-Harris administration, with Becerra at the helm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.