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We need to rebuild California’s public health workforce – CalMatters
This commentary by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Dr. Richard Pan, highlights the need for greater public workforce investment as provided in the #RCRC supported PublicHERO initiative. This initiative seeks a one-time California budget investment, with a specific allocation to rural counties, to help bolster the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to strengthen the future workforce pipeline.
April storms make only small dent in California's drought – Los Angeles Times
The late-season burst of snow and moisture that blanketed Northern California in April helped make a small dent in drought conditions, experts said, but the majority of the state is still far below where it needs to be as it heads toward the hot, dry months of summer.
Desperate for water, Wine Country grape growers build expensive pipelines to cities’ recycled sewage – San Francisco Chronicle
A newly constructed pipeline in Sonoma County is bringing recycled water from Petaluma’s water treatment plant to vineyards along Lakeville Highway. Pipelines for recycled water could become an increasingly important tool for Bay Area vineyards as drought conditions worsen.