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• So, you're really stuck with just ...tax revenue, tax rate, I included that in the slide.
• So, you're really stuck with just ...tax rates are slightly different for each casino, and it's based
• Like I said, it says, "Okay, the tax rate is whatever, let's go with 20%."
• And the tax rate you'll see is actually quite low compared to what you see elsewhere.
• And so, as part of that recognition, Arizona was like, "We don't actually need as high of a tax rate

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• Higher mortality rates, communities.
• Rates of burnout in health care fields were at record highs before the COVID pandemic, and those rates
• Rates of burnout in health care fields were at record highs before the COVID pandemic, and those rates
• Rates of burnout are at an 1645.
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• This rate climbs to 65% when you look out six years.
• Where we've made more progress is in graduation rates.
• That rate was created in many ways to deal with.
• In FYI 21, the six-year graduation rate yielded 23%.
• surpasses the 85% historical rate.

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• But if you look at their turnover rates, they're dealing with... with 30-plus percent turnover rates
• This chart highlights turnover rates for JCOs all.
• Is the turnover rate I think you if not have the highest turnover rate in a state is it's definitely
• And those are those come from savings that you see in reduced re-arrest rates, re-incarceration rates
• With a 90.7% success rate. completion rate.

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• Now, California's rate of food insecurity, that 13%, is pretty close to the national rate of about 14%
• The rate declined between 2011 and about 2017.
• at a rate of four a day.
• The participation rate is high.
• The participation rate is high.

Summary: The joint oversight hearing focused on food insecurity in California and how state and federal nutrition programs, agricultural production, and food distribution systems intersect. Assemblymembers emphasized that many Californians, including farmworkers, seniors, children, and communities of color, remain food insecure despite California’s agricultural abundance. Panelists and members discussed CalFresh, WIC, school meals, Sun Bucks, food banks, and the impact of federal policy changes, including possible nutrition cuts, tariffs, and immigration enforcement, on access to food and the agricultural workforce. Secretary Karen Ross described CDFA programs aimed at improving access to fresh food and supporting local agriculture, including the senior farmers’ market program, California Nutrition Incentive Program, Healthy Refrigeration Grant Program, Community Food Hubs, Farm to School, urban agriculture, and a proposed tribal food sovereignty program. She said these efforts help connect local producers to consumers, expand healthy food access, and build infrastructure such as refrigeration, mobile markets, and aggregation hubs. Department of Social Services Deputy Director Alexis Fernandez Garcia outlined CalFresh, CFAP, Sun Bucks, CACFP, emergency food programs, and tribal nutrition assistance, noting that CalFresh and related programs significantly reduce poverty and food insecurity, but participation gaps remain for non-English speakers, some Asian American communities, and undocumented households. PPIC researcher Tess Thorman presented data showing that 13% of California households experienced food insecurity in 2023, with higher rates among households with children and Latino, Black, and other households. She said nutrition programs reduce poverty and food hardship, but federal rules, income thresholds, immigration restrictions, and high living costs limit their reach. Members asked about simplifying applications, improving call center access, increasing outreach in multiple languages, and adjusting benefits for inflation. Officials said the state has used available federal options to streamline enrollment, improve customer service, and target outreach, but many core rules and benefit levels are set federally. The second panel shifted to food production and market access. A farmer, a UC food systems leader, and a produce distributor described efforts to connect small and medium farms with food banks, schools, universities, and Medi-Cal food-as-medicine programs. They highlighted programs such as Farms Together, the USDA Southwest Regional Food Business Center, Farm to School, food hubs, and climate-smart infrastructure grants as ways to create stable markets for local growers while improving food access. Speakers also raised concerns about land tenure, consolidation, regulatory burdens, labor constraints, and the loss of federal funding, and members discussed whether state investments and Prop. 4 funds could help sustain and expand these efforts.

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• First, for prescription drugs, there are pretty high denial rates across insurers.
• at 81% and the lowest denial rate at 19% for prior authorizations, according to 2023 data.
• denial rate at 47%.
• The Medicaid rate of $163 on average is among the lowest nationally.
• There have been frozen provider rates, so you have limited subspecialty access.

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• And how those pass rates right rates degree
• The four-year graduation rate. Was 65% go.
• For your grad rate. goals 90%.
• For your grad rate. increased almost 50%.
• For your grad rate. increased almost 50%.