The federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration ended Thursday. But because of California law, San Diego residents get an additional six months of some COVID-19 related care for free.
California state law adds six months to some public health emergency requirements. In other news, the South Bay has its first shelter for the unhoused. Plus, we have details on some arts events happening in San Diego County this weekend.
Gun rights advocates have filed a lawsuit challenging a California law that would allow private citizens to sue manufacturers of illegal firearms. Then, a federal appeals court found a California law that sought to ban private, for-profit prisons in the state unconstitutional. It's a major setback for immigration activists who have been fighting the government's reliance on private detention centers to hold migrants. Later, San Diego’s COVID-19 numbers have been trending downward over the past several weeks, and after its latest omicron surge, the county entered the CDC’s lowest warning tier earlier this month; about the same time that President Biden declared that the coronavirus pandemic was over. We talk about whether the pandemic is actually over. And finally, PEN America recently announced the winners of their 2022 Prison Writing Awards, which recognize exceptional works from incarcerated writers that will be published in a forthcoming anthology. The first place winn