See below for links to other resources helpful to MAPE members.

Stay up to date on the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19), with the following resources:

MAY 2021

• COVID-19 Testing Update from Kaiser Permanente 

DECEMBER 2020

• COVID-19 Vaccine Update from Kaiser Permanente

MAY 2020

• San Francisco Chronicle: In largest-ever activation of disaster service workers, SF has deployed 3,000 city employees to new jobs.

APRIL 2020

• Stay-At-Home Order: Marin County Parks Update
• MAPE COVID-19 Member Update (April 21, 2020)

MARCH 2020

• Coronavirus 2019 Resources from the Labor & Workforce Development Agency
• Governor Newsom's Executive Order
• Marin County Office of Education, COVID-19 Update
• CDC, 5 Facts About COVID-19
• CDC, Symptoms of COVID-19 (English)
• CDC, Symptoms of COVID-19 (Spanish)
• Updates about Kaiser Permanente's efforts to help prevent the spread of COVID-19
• Notice to County Employees re: Governor's Order Last Night
• Exposure Guidance - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Other Resources: 

UC Berkeley Labor Center

• "Proposed Office of Health Care Affordability: An important step towards addressing the health care cost problem for California workers." Click here to learn more. 
• "The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in California’s Construction Industry." Click here to read the report. 
• "The Public Cost of a Low Federal Minimum Wage." Click here to learn more. 
• "The Fast-Food Industry and COVID-19 in Los Angeles." Click here to learn more. 
• "The downstream benefits of higher incomes and wages." Click here to read the report. 
• "American Rescue Plan Improvements to Covered California Affordability: Who Gains?" Click here to read the blog post. 
• "The Weingarten Decision and the Right to Representation on the Job" Click here to download the PDF. 
• "Turning the Tables: Participation and Power in Negotiations" Click here to read the report. 
• "California’s Labor Market in the Time of COVID-19" - Chartbook Feb 2022 Click here to read the chartbook. 
• "How will Californians’ health coverage sources change when the public health emergency ends?" Click here to read the blog post.
• "California’s Labor Market in the Time of COVID-19" - Chartbook May 2022 Click here to read the updated chartbook.
• "Marin Public Pension Series – Brief #2: Understanding the Financial Status, Cost, and Sustainability of Public Pensions in Marin County" Click here to read the report.
• "Low-Wage Work in California Data Explorer" Click here to view the data explorer.
• "FAST Recovery Act will raise labor standards and open new opportunities for fast-food worker organizing in California" Click here to learn more.

Center for American Progress: What do unions do for the middle class?

California Public Employee Relations

California Alliance for Retired Americans

California Budget & Policy Center

• "Racial Disparities in California’s State Prisons Remain Large Despite Justice System Reforms." Click here to read the report. 
• "The 2021-22 State Budget Explained." Click here to read the report. 
• "Undocumented Californians and Their Children Have Been Excluded from Thousands of Dollars in Federal Cash Payments." Click here to review the data. 
• "Eliminating the Medi-Cal Asset Test: Making Access to Health Care More Equitable and Fair." Click here to read the fact sheet. 
• "California Leaders Must Expand Comprehensive Medi-Cal Coverage to Undocumented Seniors." Click here to read the report.
• "Distance Learning & the Digital Divide." Click here to read the fact sheet. 
• "Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis & Creating Healthy, Equitable Communities." Click here to read more. 
• "California’s Economic Recovery Starts with Child Care." Click here to read the fact sheet. 
• "Why Aren’t Large Corporations Paying Their Fair Share of Taxes and What Can California Policymakers Do About It?" Click here to read the report. 
• "Promoting Racial Equity Through California’s Tax and Revenue Policies." Click here to read the report. 
• "California Families Pay High Price for Subsidized Child Care." Click here to view the infograph. 
• "Not Enough to Eat: California Black and Latinx Children Need Policymakers to Act." Click here to read the fact sheet.
• "Californians and Mental Health: What We Know About Poverty and Race." Click here to read the report. 
• "Many Californians in Prisons and Jails Have Mental Health Needs." Click here to read the report. 
• "Economics, Health and COVID-19." Click here to read more.
• "Who are the Californians left out of the federal relief efforts and need support now from state policymakers?" Click here to read more.  
• "Federal Fiscal Relief and COVID-19: Implications for Californians" Click here to read more. 
• "Comprehensive Health Coverage Can Help California's Undocumented Seniors Now and Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic." Click here to read more. 
• "Paid Time Off, COVID-19, and Policy Gaps: Providing California Workers With Quality Paid Leave. Click here to read more.
• "Homelessness and COVID-19: Older Adults and Black Californians Face Severe Health Risks." Click here to read more.
• "COVID-19 crisis or not, racist policies have no place in California." Click here to read more.
• "First Look: Governor Confronts Unprecedented Challenges for State and Californians Amid COVID-19." Click here to read more. 
• "Women's Well-Being Index." Click here to learn more.
• "Austerity nor Federal Policymakers Will Save Us, California Needs Investment." Click here to read more.
• "Empower 2021: Our Look at the Governor's State Budget Proposal." Click here to register. 
• "Statement on Governor Newsom's Proposed 2021-22 Budget." Click here to read the statement. 
• "First Look: Governor's Proposed Budget Responds to Emergency Needs of the Pandemic, Misses Opportunities for Urgent and Ongoing Investments." Click here to read the report. 
• "California Loses Nearly $70 Billion Annually Through Tax Breaks." Click here to read the fact sheet.
• "Youngest Californians Need Continuous Medi-Cal Coverage." Click here to read the fact sheet.
• "State Leaders Have Opportunity to Provide Targeted Relief to Californians Struggling to Make Ends Meet." Click here to read the press release.
• "Understanding the Governor’s 2022-23 May Revision." Click here to read the report.
• "Students Need Financial Support for Higher Education & Career Paths." Click here to read the report.
• "State Leaders Should Prioritize LGBTQ+ Californians’ Mental Health." Click here to read the report.
• "State Leaders Need to Provide Significant Relief. Here’s How." Click here to read more.
• "More Support Needed For California K-12 Students Experiencing Homelessness." Click here to read more.
• "Keeping California Communities Safe Starts with Understanding Crime Rates." Click here to read more.
• "What is the California Earned Income Tax Credit?" Click here to read more.

KQED The Bay

• "How We Got Here Part 1: The 'Great Risk Shift' from Companies to Workers." Click here to listen.
• "How We Got Here Part 2: The Attack on Worker Power." Click here to listen.