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State Senate approves four Wolk measures

May 03, 2012

OKs bill to help Shriners Hospital continue serving children with special healthcare needs

SACRAMENTO—The State Senate voted today to approve four measures by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis), including a measure to help Shriners Hospital for Children continue serving uninsured children with special healthcare needs in California.

Wolk bill strengthens independence, accountability of CA Long-term Care Ombudsman program

May 01, 2012

Unanimous, bipartisan support for bill to better protect long-term care residents

SACRAMENTO—Legislation to strengthen the independence and accountability of the state’s politically-appointed Long-term Care Ombudsman, who defends the rights, safety, and welfare of the state’s long-term care residents, won the unanimous, bipartisan support in the Assembly’s Committee on Aging and Long Term Care today.

Bill to prevent flu outbreaks among state’s most vulnerable moves forward

April 26, 2012

Measure ensures health care workers get vaccine or wear mask with patients

SACRAMENTO—Legislation by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) to help prevent the spread of the influenza or flu virus at health facilities and clinics among infants, seniors, and others at high risk of serious flu complications was approved by the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee late yesterday.

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In My Own Words

Daily Democrat: Time to start fixing the Delta fix

January 10, 2010

By Lois Wolk 

In this season of New Year’s resolutions, it is natural to reflect on the past and set goals for the year ahead. 

Just two months ago, the Governor and legislative leadership hailed the recently enacted water deal as a monumental step forward to save Delta.

The Sacramento Bee: It's time to reboot state's budget process

September 24, 2009

By Sen. Lois Wolk
Special to the Bee

"Abort. Retry. Fail?" It's happened to all of us. Right in the middle of an urgent project, the screen freezes, locks up, crashes – hours of work lost forever. We curse our computer for the thousandth time and swear we'll toss it and get a new one. But we can't. We've got a deadline, so we reconstruct our work and put off fixing our computer problem until tomorrow.

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