Nurses Take on Governator over Staffing Rules

By Richard Gonzales

Published January 3, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on the fight between a California nurses' union and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The nurses are suing because the governor recently blocked new regulations that would have lowered nurse-to-patient ratios in most California hospitals.

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Richard Gonzales is NPR's National Desk Correspondent based in San Francisco. Along with covering the daily news of region, Gonzales' reporting has included medical marijuana, gay marriage, drive-by shootings, Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, the U.S. Ninth Circuit, the California State Supreme Court and any other legal, political, or social development occurring in Northern California relevant to the rest of the country.

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