SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, chaired by Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, will hold an informational hearing on end-of-life issues on Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., in Capitol Room 126. The public is invited.

The hearing will facilitate a conversation on a topic that may be uncomfortable for many people.

“Death and dying remains a taboo subject,” Assemblymember Yamada said. “All of us will eventually have to make difficult decisions as we reach the end of our lives. Only a few of us have had a discussion about it in advance and, as a result, many families are compelled to make a range of critical decisions at times when stress and emotions are at their highest.”

The hearing, entitled “A Matter of Life & Death, What Are the Choices?,” will include expert panels providing testimony on the legal, emotional, medical and financial decisions faced by those approaching the end of life, including presentations from the California Healthcare Foundation; the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco VA Medical Center; and University of California San Francisco Medical Center.

Yamada represents California’s Fourth Assembly District, which includes all or parts of Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.

For more information on the hearing, please contact Robert MacLaughlin at 916-319-3990 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .