Elly Yu

The same government agencies that found facilities connected to a nursing home chain were dirty, understaffed and provided deficient care are also their biggest source of revenue.

Following an LAist investigation, several members of California’s delegation have spoken out about “deadly neglect” and their concerns with the state’s nursing homes licensing process.

Listen back to our hourlong special diving into California’s failures to regulate nursing homes — and where we go from here.

Following an LAist investigation into a troubled nursing home chain, Gov. Gavin Newsom has donated a $10,000 political contribution from the company to charity.

Advocates for better oversight of California's nursing homes call the current licensing process 'completely exploited.'

A large nursing home business — and the state-run system designed to regulate it — were failing California’s most vulnerable even before the pandemic struck, advocates and patient families said. That failure intensified as COVID-19 gripped the state.

With 147 active reported cases, the Adelanto immigrant detention facility has the largest current outbreak among ICE detention centers in the country. A judge has ordered the federal government to reduce the population at the facility.

As of Friday morning, 147 immigrant detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center had COVID-19.

At least 38 detainees at ICE's Adelanto detention center have tested positive for the coronavirus, with more test results on the way.

Family members and advocates say by then, the virus was already raging, and that testing happened too late.