Senate, Assembly Approve Special Benefits for First Responders

California lawmakers approved a pair of bills that would provide enhanced workers’ compensation benefits to injured first responders. The Senate passed a bill that would give park rangers in the state’s capital full-pay salary continuation benefits. Meanwhile, the Assembly passed a bill codifying a practice wherein the Department of State Hospitals already presumes that heart trouble is an occupational condition for its 700 peace officers. The Senate on Monday voted 39-0 to pass Senate Bill 8, by Sen. Angelique Ashby, D-Sacramento, which would allow park rangers in Sacramento Cou...