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AAP-CA is committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults living in California.
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CA Pediatrician Response to Gun Violence
On Tuesday May 24, 2022 I finished a busy day in the office and rushed home to watch the Golden State Warriors basketball game against the Dallas ...
Navigating the Formula Crisis Webinar
Thursday, June 9, 2022 beginning at 6:30 pm AAP-CA in conjunction with the CA Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the CA Academy of Family Practice ...
AAP-CA & District IX Chair Address
Yasuko Fukuda, MD, FAAP
Our work across the state continues - collaborating with the Governor's office, State Legislators, the California Department of Health and related ...
COVID-19 Resources for Your Practice from CDPH
To our California pediatric colleagues, As we reflect on almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and an especially difficult last month, we would ...
Senator Pan’s Keeping Schools Open and Safe Act
The American Academy of Pediatrics, California (AAP-CA), representing over 3,500 pediatricians, has announced its support for SB 871, ...
Let’s Get CA Kids Vaccinated!
Chaptered: SB 224 Instruction on overarching themes and core principles of mental health. Appropriate for use with pupils of all races, genders and ...
AAP-CA 2021 Legislative Session Highlights
Governor Gavin Newsom signed 770 new California laws and vetoed 66 on Saturday ahead of the October 10 deadline, acting on 836 proposals state ...
CA Pediatrician Response to Gun Violence
On Tuesday May 24, 2022 I finished a busy day in the office and rushed home to watch the Golden State Warriors basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks. Throughout the day the horrendous news about the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas was unfolding. 19 children and 2 teachers confirmed killed. Multiple others injured with a […]
Navigating the Formula Crisis Webinar
Thursday, June 9, 2022 beginning at 6:30 pm AAP-CA in conjunction with the CA Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the CA Academy of Family Practice (CAFP) will host a webinar on Thursday, June 9 beginning at 6:30 pm. CDPH will provide resources for practitioners and families, followed by a panel of experts to address […]
Support for Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
AAP-CA Members: The American Academy of Pediatrics California (AAP CA), representing over 3500 pediatricians across the state, joins the National American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) in strongly opposing the actions taken recently in Texas that threaten the health and well-being of transgender youth.
AAP-CA & District IX Chair Address
Yasuko Fukuda, MD, FAAP
Our work across the state continues - collaborating with the Governor's office, State Legislators, the California Department of Health and related agencies, and other advocacy groups such as the California Medical Association, California Academy of Family Practice and the California Immunization Coalition.
COVID-19 Resources for Your Practice from CDPH
To our California pediatric colleagues, As we reflect on almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and an especially difficult last month, we would like to thank all of you for your hard work, dedication, and commitment to child health. These have been some of the most challenging times in our careers and we applaud […]
Senator Pan’s Keeping Schools Open and Safe Act
The American Academy of Pediatrics, California (AAP-CA), representing over 3,500 pediatricians, has announced its support for SB 871, the Keep Schools Open and Safe Act, introduced Monday by State Senator Richard Pan, MD. “Families across the state and country have faced disruption, anxiety and trauma from this pandemic for almost two years. Confidence and certainty are things we all […]
Let’s Get CA Kids Vaccinated!
Chaptered: SB 224 Instruction on overarching themes and core principles of mental health. Appropriate for use with pupils of all races, genders and cultural backgrounds.
AAP-CA 2021 Legislative Session Highlights
Governor Gavin Newsom signed 770 new California laws and vetoed 66 on Saturday ahead of the October 10 deadline, acting on 836 proposals state lawmakers send to his desk. As bills moved through policy committees and houses, 49 AAP-CA supported initiatives made it to the Governor’s desk.
Lawmakers Tackle Vaccine Mandate
With two weeks left in the legislative year, legislators are still wrangling with some complex issues, including a proposed mandate that attendees and employees at certain events, venues and workplaces receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Co-authored by physician legislators Sen. Richard Pan, MD (D-Sacramento) and Akilah Weber, MD, (D-San Diego), the mandate would apply to all government employees, anyone […]
State Budget Focuses on Children
California’s children may perhaps be the biggest winners in the 2021-2022 State Budget deal still being finalized by the Legislature and Governor Newsom. The massive $260 billion spending plan includes new support for programs that directly focus on childhood health, mental health, education and social supports. “We’ve never seen an investment like this anywhere in the […]
State Government Affairs Committee Priority Issue Areas

Child Nutrition
Child Nutrition
Healthy children learn better and are more productive – both in and out of the classroom. Setting strong nutritional standards in our schools is essential to combating the concerning obesity rates among American children.

Child Immunizations
Child Immunizations
Vaccines save lives. Measles vaccines alone are estimated to have prevented over 21 million deaths between 2000 and 2017. Vaccines will help protect children against diseases that can cause serious harm or death, especially in people with developing immune systems like infants.

Climate & Environmental Health
Climate & Environmental Health
Young children often are hardest hit by the consequences of poor environmental public health systems. For their size, they breathe more air and eat more food than adults, making them particularly vulnerable to environmental public health hazards.

Early Development
Early Development
The goal of early childhood advocacy is to improve the lives of children and families by influencing legislators’ and policymakers’ opinions and activities.

Education & School Safety
Education & School Safety
Safe schools promote the protection of students from violence, exposure to weapons and threats, theft, bullying, and the sale or use of illegal substances on school grounds. School safety is linked to improved student and school outcomes.

Health Access & Coverage
Health Access & Coverage
Children’s access to health care is important to children themselves, to their families, as well as to society at large. Health care can influence children’s physical and emotional health, growth, and development and their capacity to reach their full potential as adults.

Immigrant Child Health & Safety
Immigrant Child Health & Safety
Immigrant children and families face many challenges in the current environment including threats posed by the separation of children and families at the U.S. border, the uncertain fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, potential changes to public charge rules, among others.

Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice
Children and adolescents who become involved with the justice system often do so with complex medical, mental health, developmental, social, and legal needs.

Mental & Behavioral Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Approximately one out of every five children in America have a diagnosable mental health disorder. Mental health problems in young people are associated with outcomes such as suicide, substance use, inability to live independently, justice involvement…

Telehealth & Rural Access to Care
Telehealth & Rural Access to Care
Rural children experience worse health and health care outcomes than their urban peers. Barriers to accessing quality health care exacerbate their health outcomes and pose significant challenges to achieving optimal health status.

Tobacco, E-Cigarette & Cannabis Products
Tobacco, E-Cigarette & Cannabis Products
In the United States, e-cigarette use among youth has exploded into what the Surgeon General and the Food & Drug Administration have called “epidemic” levels. Alarmingly, e-cigarette marketing uses many of the same strategies effectively used by the tobacco industry to reach kids.