Capitol Alert

Nurses take to downtown streets in protest

Updated May 13, 2015 7:11 AM

Before marching on the state Capitol, Khadija Kabbe, left front, and Jennifer Holm, right front, rally with hundreds of members of the California Nurses Association in the K Street lobby of the California Hospital Association in downtown Sacramento. Among the bills backed by the nurses’ union this year are SB 483 by state Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose), a measure to prevent patients from being left on hospital gurneys in “observation status” for lengthy periods, and AB 305, by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzales (D-San Diego) addressing gender bias in workers’ compensation laws. — Before marching on the state Capitol, Khadija Kabbe, left front, and Jennifer Holm, right front, rally with hundreds of members of the California Nurses Association in the K Street lobby of the California Hospital Association in downtown Sacramento. Among the bills backed by the nurses’ union this year are SB 483 by state Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose), a measure to prevent patients from being left on hospital gurneys in “observation status” for lengthy periods, and AB 305, by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzales (D-San Diego) addressing gender bias in workers’ compensation laws. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com

This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 4:38 PM with the headline "Nurses take to downtown streets in protest."