California officials acted Wednesday to move everyone over age 65 into the statea s COVID-19 vaccine line, positioning them right after health care workers and skilled nursing home residents, a change made in response to the diseasea s higher death rate for older people. The new guidelines come just one month into the statea sA massive but struggling effort to inoculate up to 40 million CaliforniansA and is intended to help simplify the statea s vaccine guidance that has caused confusion for those administering the shots. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the new standards mean roughly 6.6 million Californians are now eligible for the vaccine. The governora s announcement immediately prompted protests from some county health officials who say the proposal to speed up vaccinations for people 65 and older does not solve the primary problem local officials say they face a a lack of vaccine doses. They also complained that their staffs are already overworked.