In summary One in 10 state lawmakers is related by blood or marriage to other legislators past and present. How do spouses, siblings and children get into politics, and what does it mean for lawmaking? Assemblymember Megan Dahle ran to take her husband …
EN RESUMEN El estado está ampliando el alivio hipotecario a más propietarios de viviendas de California que están luchando contra los efectos económicos de la pandemia. El programa ahora cubre segundas hipotecas y aplazamientos de préstamos, con una …
EN RESUMEN Las comunidades, en su mayoría lugares donde viven residentes latinos de bajos ingresos, todavía tienen pozos secos. Restaurar el agua subterránea lleva décadas, con proyectos de reabastecimiento costosos a largo plazo y, en última instancia, …
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan says it’s time to let California prisoners vote. To be clear, the Culver City Democrat who leads the Assembly election committee, isn’t talking about extending the franchise to people with felonies on their record. California …
In summary At a Tuesday hearing, regulators and industry representatives discussed the causes of high natural gas prices in California and what can be done to shield residents from high bills. Gas prices have spiked in California. That may sound like old …
In summary California is one of only 10 states in the country that does not require schools to screen children for dyslexia. Experts agree early diagnosis is key to helping dyslexic students learn to read, yet the statewide teachers union and others have …
In summary Seven western states are playing a high-stakes game of chicken over how diversions from the crisis-ridden Colorado River will be reduced. You would have to be at least a septuagenarian to remember “Rebel Without a Cause,” a 1955 movie that …
If you want to see two diametrically opposed views of what California lawmakers have done and should be doing or not doing, look no further than a new poll and a new legislative scorecard. On one hand, a survey out Monday from the National Federation of …
In summary The state is expanding mortgage relief to more California homeowners who are struggling through the pandemic. The program now covers second mortgages and loan deferrals, with a maximum total grant of $80,000. Angela Morrow was only eight months …
In summary California’s Civil Rights Department recently filed a lawsuit to crackdown on housing voucher discrimination, which could inspire other states to do the same and help their most vulnerable tenants keep a roof over their heads. Guest Commentary …
In summary Communities, largely home to low-income Latino residents, still have dry wells. Restoring groundwater takes decades, with costly, long-term replenishment projects — and ultimately, much less pumping. The powerful storms that clobbered California …
In summary By happenstance, two long-serving veterans of Capitol politics died within hours of one another. Since their deaths, Allan Zaremberg and Rex Hime have been widely praised, and the plaudits are richly deserved. Governors, legislators and other …
In summary State legislators sometimes exempt themselves from the laws they pass, but this session, they could change course on an emblematic bill: To allow their own staffers to form a union. California legislators pass hundreds of laws every year. But …
The latest sign that California is easing out of the pandemic and into the endemic phase: The state has dropped its plan to require the COVID-19 vaccination for K-12 students as the state of emergency comes to an end Feb. 28, after nearly three years. That …
In summary While Gov. Gavin Newsom touts California as a model state, he increasingly tries to shift blame for the state’s unseemly features. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s obvious efforts to raise his national profile have taken two forms – touting California as a …
In summary California’s politics have become highly polarized over the last quarter-century but the state is not alone, new research has found. Politically speaking, 1998 was a watershed year for California. The 20th century was drawing to a close – a …
EN RESUMEN Un año después de la implementación de CalAIM, los detalles de pago son confusos y persisten los obstáculos para encontrar ayuda para los beneficiarios de Medi-Cal con necesidades de salud mental. Read this article in English. Ha pasado un año …
EN RESUMEN Un importante estudio y encuesta de UC Merced detalla las duras condiciones que experimentan muchos de los trabajadores agrícolas de California tanto en el hogar como en el trabajo. Los problemas salen a la luz luego de los recientes tiroteos …
EN RESUMEN California planea implementar un plan ambicioso para fabricar su propia insulina, pero mientras tanto, los legisladores proponen limitar el precio que pagan por ella los diabéticos. Read this article in English. Mientras muchos diabéticos en …
For northern California housing politics, judgment day has come. Cities across the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area had until Wednesday to show state regulators how they plan to approve a sufficient quantity of housing over the next decade. Some …
