Dozens of dentists and dental students stood behind Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, during a press conference this week in Sacramento to show their support for a bill intended to enhance dental care accessibility and prohibit dental insurance companies from requiring out-of-pocket payments for covered services.

“As things stand, dental insurance companies are able to use loopholes to deny people access to care,” Haney said at the Tuesday press conference outside the California State Capitol Museum.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.