SACRAMENTO—More funding for both nursing homes and long-term health insurance passed in an Assembly committee last week, just two prongs in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s so-called Master Plan for Aging, which seeks to provide additional assistance for California seniors and caretakers. If passed, one bill would protect some long-term care insurance from inflation. The other would provide funding to hire additional staff for senior housing developments in Orange County, as well as the counties of Contra Costa, Fresno, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, Shasta, and Sonoma. Newsom introduced the plan in 2019 and soon thereafter, convened an array of experts and sought public input on how California could age better. What came out of those initial meetings were five goals to expand: housing, healthcare, work, and volunteer opportunities, caregiver support, and economic aid. “Ten years from now, California will be home to 10.8 million people aged 60 and older—nearly twice as many …