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| 24.04.2025 | The Border Patrol's Illusion of Safety: A Closer Look at Immigration Enforcement | The U.S. Border Patrol is a complex entity, often caught in a web of political rhetoric and public perception. As the nation grapples with immigration, the agency's claims of catching dangerous criminals stand in stark contrast to the reali... |
| 23.04.2025 | Startup Kollegio raises $2.8M for AI-powered college counseling service
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| 18.04.2025 | Border Patrol Says It’s Catching Criminal Migrants, But Its Internal Records Say Otherwise | It’s telling that the Trump Administration thinks it needs access to millions of taxpayer records to locate and capture “dangerous” immigrants. Most criminals don’t file taxes or hold down regular day jobs. On top of that, this undermines t... |
| 10.04.2025 | Colorado launches new “last resort” homeowners insurance policy | More severe wildfires and hailstorms caused by climate change are driving up rates for homeowners and leading some insurance companies to withdraw from the market. The problem intensified after the 2021 Marshall fire burned more than $2 bil... |
| 27.03.2025 | Amid plummeting diversity at medical schools, a warning of DEI crackdown’s ‘chilling effect’ | But the court’s decision and the subsequent state-level backlash — 29 states have since introduced bills to curb diversity initiatives, according to data published by the Chronicle of Higher Education — have tamped down these efforts and le... |
| 22.03.2025 | The Tug of War: Trans Rights and Olympic Politics in 2025 | In 2025, the landscape of American politics and global sports is a battlefield. Two significant events have emerged, each a reflection of deeper societal struggles. One centers on the rights of transgender individuals in federal prisons, wh... |
| 21.03.2025 | National Politics | Her case changed trans care in prison. Now Trump aims to reverse course | On Inauguration Day, Trump issued a flurry of executive orders that included a directive to bar federal spending on gender-affirming care in federal prisons and to “ensure that males are not detained” in federal women’s facilities.
“Preside... |
| 28.02.2025 | The Tug of War Over Sanctuary Policies: A Balancing Act Between Safety and Enforcement | Sanctuary policies are a double-edged sword. They aim to protect vulnerable communities while clashing with federal immigration enforcement. The debate is fierce, with local governments caught in the crossfire. Sanctuary cities promise safe... |
| 28.02.2025 | National Politics | Already-lagging broadband program faces more uncertainty under Trump | Congress awarded California $1.8 billion to ensure households get access to high-speed internet as part of the $42.45 billion BEAD program, created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
All 50 states have had their initi... |
| 26.02.2025 | National Politics | Sanctuary policies can’t stop ICE arrests | ICE can always find other ways to arrest a person, but it’s harder without local cooperation.
“You’re adding to the time and expense and resources ICE needs,” said Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a policy analyst for the Migration Policy Institute, a... |
| 21.02.2025 | The Tug-of-War Over State Budgets: Prisons vs. Remote Work | In the United States, state budgets are battlegrounds. On one side, the pressing needs of aging prison systems. On the other, the contentious debate over remote work policies. Both issues reveal a deeper struggle: how to allocate limited re... |
| 18.02.2025 | National Politics | States debate prison spending as needs grow but budgets tighten | He also has proposed $8 million for infrastructure improvements and more than $2 million for radio tower replacements and satellite phones for probation officers in rural counties.
His budget would allocate roughly $3 million for correction... |
| 10.02.2025 | Fires and floods are eviscerating US communities, intensifying the housing crisis | Climate change, experts warn, is the world’s fastest-growing driver of homelessness, displacing millions of people annually. In 2022 alone, disasters forced 32.6 million people worldwide from their homes, according to a 2023 report by the I... |
| 01.02.2025 | The Battle Against Nature: Sled Dogs and Private Firefighters in America’s Crisis | In the heart of Alaska, a century ago, a race against time unfolded. A small community faced a deadly diphtheria outbreak. Nome, a town of 1,400 souls, stood on the brink of despair. The last supply ship had come and gone, leaving behind a ... |
| 31.01.2025 | Private firefighters are increasingly popular with insurers. But do they pose a risk? | One of Capstone’s clients is Pure Insurance, a boutique firm that advertises its services to high-net-worth individuals with luxury homes and art collections. But mainstream insurers are also offering wildfire defense services to their cust... |
| 24.12.2024 | The Rise of AI: Navigating the New Frontier of Automation and Policy | In the bustling landscape of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is the new gold rush. Startups are sprouting like wildflowers, each promising to revolutionize industries. One such startup, Basis, recently secured $34 million in fundin... |
| 22.12.2024 | Unintended consequences: U.S. election results herald reckless AI development | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
While the 2024 U.S. election focused on traditional issues like the economy and immigration, its quiet impact on ... |
| 24.09.2024 | PBS SoCal's Bold Move: Elevating Latino Voices Ahead of the 2024 Election | As the 2024 presidential election looms, PBS SoCal is stepping up to the plate. The station is launching a comprehensive initiative aimed at engaging the Latino electorate, a demographic that holds significant sway in key battleground state... |
| 23.09.2024 | PBS Announces New Election Content Including Debut of Documentary VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024 Examining Key Issues for the Latino Electorate Premiering Oct. 22 on PBS SoCal | Pictured: VOCES: LATINO VOTE 2024 and PBS key art (Images courtesy of Quiet Pictures and PBS).
Digital Series SOCAL MATTERS Keeps Voters Informed of Regional Issues with Two-Minute Video Updates Covering Vital Election Content from Southern... |
| 03.07.2024 | Planned Parenthood to blitz GOP seats, but will abortion sway California's conservative voters? | Planned Parenthood is preparing a seven-figure campaign blitz to oust GOP incumbents from California congressional seats, part of a larger national effort by the reproductive rights group to prevent a Republican majority from passing aborti... |
| 01.07.2024 | California's new gun and ammo tax takes effect | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
A new law that doubles the tax on guns and ammunition purchased in California took effect today.
Why it matters: The new state excise tax is the first of its kind in ... |
| 18.06.2024 | Commentary | In rain, snow and drought, California’s fights over water rights, supplies persist | Legal rights to use water — particularly those obtained prior to 1914 — lie at the heart of California’s perpetual wrangling over the allocation of increasingly limited water supplies. For years state officials have been trying, with limite... |
| 17.06.2024 | Controversial ADU program accounts for fraction of spike in granny flat permits | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Accessory dwelling unit development continues to surge in San Diego after years of changes that made them easier to build.
Why it matters: State officials have long p... |
| 28.05.2024 | Exclusive: AP expands local content partnerships ahead of 2024 election | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Associated Press has inked new deals with five local newsrooms to share and distribute content ahead of the 2024 election, executives told Axios.
Why it matters: AP is one of the few national medi... |
| 24.05.2024 | New bill allows Arizona doctors to perform abortions in California as state ban looms | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Arizona doctors can now legally provide abortions in California for Arizona patients needing to travel out of state for care.
Why it matters: The new law protects and expands access to the procedure a... |
| 18.05.2024 | Newsom releases billions for mental health housing ahead of schedule: ‘Time to deliver’ | The first $3.3 billion of bonds approved by voters in March to build and rehab housing and treatment beds for people with mental illness will be available to counties months ahead of schedule, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday.
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| 13.05.2024 | California's high teacher pay still isn't enough | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
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California teachers have the highest salaries in the country, yet many still struggle financially.
Why it matters: Teachers and their unions... |
| 12.05.2024 | Colorado agricultural workers can now unionize. So why aren’t they? | The 2021 law, dubbed the Farmworkers Bill of Rights, allowed Colorado ag workers to unionize for the first time. But nearly three years later, the Denver cannabis operation remains the only success story.
No other Colorado farms have seen t... |
| 01.05.2024 | Urban development trendsetter Woodbury School of Architecture is closing | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The San Diego outpost of the Woodbury School of Architecture will close permanently at the end of this semester.
Why it matters: Faculty and alumni built notable projects and influenced development ac... |
| 29.04.2024 | The rise of weather-related power outages in California | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Data: Climate Central via U.S. Department of Energy; Note: Major power outages affect at least 50k customers or interrupt service of 300 megawatts or more; Outage events can cross state lines; Map: Ka... |
| 23.04.2024 | National Politics | Red states fight growing efforts to give ‘basic income’ cash to residents | Kevin Hardy | Stateline.org (TNS)
South Dakota state Sen. John Wiik likes to think of himself as a lookout of sorts — keeping an eye on new laws, programs and ideas brewing across the states.
“I don’t bring a ton of legislation,” said Wiik,... |
| 09.04.2024 | Property taxes are on the rise in California | Data: CoreLogic analysis; Map: Axios Visuals
Property tax bills are steeper nationwide, including in California, after U.S. home prices surged nearly 40% during the pandemic, according to a new report.
Why it matters: The increase comes as ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Revolution Foods up for sale | Revolution Foods, a provider of meals to California and Nevada school students, is working with Kroll Investment Bank on a sale process, sources familiar with the companies say.
Why it matters: The auction occurs as California plows billion... |
| 18.03.2024 | Private California colleges could face legacy admissions penalty | Private colleges and universities in California could be penalized for continuing use of legacy admissions under a bill in the state Legislature.
Why it matters: The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down race-conscious admissions led... |
| 15.03.2024 | San Diego issues most housing permits in decades, mayor says | San Diego issued more permits for homes last year than it has in decades, nearly doubling its total from a year earlier, per figures that Mayor Todd Gloria is set to release today.
Why it matters: The surge may indicate that years of city a... |
| 08.03.2024 | Texas Court Dismisses Ken Paxton’s Lawsuit Against Yelp For Accurately Describing Crisis Pregnancy Centers | Last fall, we wrote about Yelp going to court in California to try to block Texas’s indicted and facing trial shortly Attorney General Ken Paxton from suing the company for using its speech to accurately warn users that “Crisis Pregnancy Ce... |
| 28.02.2024 | LA County Supervisor Candidate Perry Goldberg To Host Virtual Get-Out-The-Vote Event | Voting is easy!
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So far this year, retirees have been voting at 7x a higher rate than young people, putting young voters at risk of having their interests ignored by politicians
Unless young people start flexin... |
| 27.02.2024 | ABCs of voting in San Francisco's March 5 primary | By now, every voter in San Francisco should have received a ballot in the mail for the March 5 primary election.
Why it matters: Primaries determine the outcomes of local ballot measures, as well as who appears on the November ballot for ma... |
| 20.02.2024 | Facing mounting debt, three quarters of U.S. workers want to get paid every day | On-demand streaming, delivery, and, next up, on-demand compensation. The biweekly paycheck is on the cusp of disruption, although expansion plans have hit a snag among skeptical financial regulators.
Called earned wage access (EWA), these p... |
| 07.02.2024 | California sees dip in share of unionized workers | Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Note: Values are not seasonally adjusted; Chart: Axios Visuals
California has one of the nation's highest shares of unionized workers, but that figure dipped last year even as workers at both public and pri... |
| 05.02.2024 | Trump says Gavin Newsom would be an 'easy' presidential opponent after speculating that Biden may not be the Democratic nominee | Politics Trump says Gavin Newsom would be an 'easy' presidential opponent after speculating that Biden may not be the Democratic nominee
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| 04.02.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Ron Hochbaum: Will the Supreme Court decide that criminalizing homelessness is constitutional? | By Ron Hochbaum
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson. In doing so, it will consider whether the criminalization of homelessness (outlawing unavoidable activities unhoused people engage in t... |
| 30.01.2024 | Aurora Solar lays off 20% of employees after reportedly missing growth targets | Despite record growth in the solar industry last year, software startup Aurora Solar has laid off 20% of its staff of about 500 people, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
The company, which provides software to help solar installers manage... |
| 22.01.2024 | Study: Facing domestic violence increases risk of homelessness | Public policy experts have long noted the role of domestic and sexual violence as a leading cause of homelessness for women. Now, a new study highlights the increased risk of homelessness for victims.
Driving the news: The study, spearheade... |
| 16.01.2024 | Gender dysphoria diagnoses rise in California | Data: Definitive Healthcare; Chart: Axios Visuals
Gender dysphoria diagnoses in California rose 102% between 2018 and 2022, according to a new Definitive Healthcare analysis.
The big picture: Such diagnoses rose in nearly every state in tha... |
| 11.01.2024 | Business | Hospitality workers’ wages are rising faster than high earners’ in most states | Tim Henderson | Stateline.org (TNS)
Pay hikes over the past four years have lifted the wages of people who work in hospitality — the nation’s lowest-paid industry — nearly 30% on average, reversing much of the wage inequality that has been ... |
| 10.01.2024 | The diversity gap in Newsom's gubernatorial appointees | Despite recent efforts to meet racial and ethnic parity as reflected in California, white people remain overrepresented among Gov. Gavin Newsom's gubernatorial appointments, a new study finds.
Why it matters: The report, published this week... |
| 27.11.2023 | Los Angeles is defined by its deep-rooted car culture. Could the recent I-10 freeway fire make Angelenos rethink that relationship? | In this aerial view, a key stretch of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles is empty due to a closure in the aftermath of a fire. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
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| 12.11.2023 | 'Selling Sunset' agents are freaking out about LA's new mansion tax — but it's not just millionaires who should be worried | Economy 'Selling Sunset' agents are freaking out about LA's new mansion tax — but it's not just millionaires who should be worried
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| 22.10.2023 | California just legalized affordable housing in church parking lots and coastal cities — and it could help solve the state's crisis | Real Estate California just legalized affordable housing in church parking lots and coastal cities — and it could help solve the state's crisis
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| 13.10.2023 | Newsom Signs California Right To Repair Bill Into Law | California Governor Gavin Newsom has been on a bit of a tear lately vetoing bills that successfully pass the state legislature, including an effort to legalize psychedelics, an attempt to provide free condoms to high school students, an eff... |
| 30.09.2023 | More Colleges, Universities Announce Budget Cuts Amid Financial Woes | More college and universities are slashing their budgets as they try to reckon with higher ... [+] education's new economic realties.getty |
| 19.09.2023 | AI startup speeds up the creation of climate-resilient crops | Creating crops that’ll endure climate change — think worse droughts, heat waves and pests — is a time-consuming and costly feat. Avalo is betting its machine learning models can speed that process up and make it a whole lot cheaper too.
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| 10.09.2023 | I left California for Texas to begin my new life as a divorcée. It's more affordable as a single woman, and I feel free to express my political and religious beliefs. | Real Estate I left California for Texas to begin my new life as a divorcée. It's more affordable as a single woman, and I feel free to express my political and religious beliefs.
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| 16.08.2023 | Tribal casinos and card rooms set to escalate dispute in Sacramento | A longtime conflict between tribal casinos and operators of card rooms, gambling establishments that offer card games like poker, is gaining steam again as state legislators return to session.
Driving the news: Senate Bill 549 would give tr... |
| 11.08.2023 | Climate change's multi-level sticker shock | The hidden costs of living in U.S. areas particularly susceptible to extreme weather are becoming increasingly more obvious — and expensive.
Why it matters: Intense heat, devastating floods and ravaging wildfires — natural disasters caused ... |
| 09.08.2023 | The Moral Dilemma Of Eminent Domain | The government can take private land and property for public use through eminent domain in the United States. This authority can benefit communities and be used to achieve economic growth and prosperity, but it can also harm minority groups... |
| 07.08.2023 | The climate wrecking ball striking food supply | Extreme weather events and our warming planet are primed to strike commodities and the food supply like never before.
Why it matters: The recent global heat wave, deadly floods across China's grain belt and wildfires that spanned several co... |
| 18.07.2023 | While Western states fight tooth-and-nail over the shrinking the Colorado River, Arizona has let water flow freely — in part to feed cows in Saudi Arabia | Colorado River. Low water level strip on cliff at lake Mead, taken from the Hoover Dam at Nevada and Arizona border. Getty Images
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| 13.07.2023 | California lawmakers consider minimum wage for health workers | Legislation that would establish the nation's first minimum wage for health care workers advanced in the California State Assembly this week over the objections of an unusual alliance of providers, hospitals and a big nurses union.
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| 10.07.2023 | Pano AI raises $17M to expand artificial intelligence wildfire detection solution
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One-click below supports our mission ... | Pano AI, a company that provides an artificial intelligence solution for the detection of wildfires, today said it has raised $17 million in new funding to expand its network and capabilities to help professionals deal with these natural di... |
| 23.06.2023 | In absence of Roe v. Wade, an abortion doctor dwells on all the patients she does not see | Last year, just a few months after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade ended the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, Christine Henneberg published a memoir on two simultaneous life-defining experiences: carrying h... |
| 21.06.2023 |
DataDigest: The homebuilders are busy. But they’re not busy enough | The existing home sales market is a face on a milk carton, and homebuilders are salivating at the opportunity to meet strong consumer demand. So why aren’t they?
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau speaks to the growing strength of the new... |
| 02.06.2023 | Where to get new home insurance in California now that State Farm and Allstate don't offer it | Wildfires are becoming more and more prevalent in California, and destroying more homes in the process. David McNew / Getty Images
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| 02.06.2023 | Готовы ли вы к прозрачности мозга: корпорации готовятся залезть в головы работников | На фоне Neuralink Илона Маска, получившей разрешение на тесты с людьми, тема плотного контакта мозга и машин переходит из разряда научной фантастики и отдалённых перспектив в проблему настоящего. Что представляют себе люди, когда слышат о п... |
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California Senate OKs bill for affordable housing on nonprofit-owned land | The California State Senate passed a bill this week that would permit the construction of affordable housing units on land owned by faith-based institutions and nonprofit colleges, even if local zoning ordinances and laws would normally pre... |
| 03.05.2023 | Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia wants to get rid of rules requiring parking spots that are making the housing affordability crisis worse | Cars on Manhattan's Upper East Side give way for a street sweeper before returning to their parking spaces in New York City, USA, 21 December 2016. Chris Melzer/Getty Images
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| 26.04.2023 | Future of California at risk the longer landmark CEQA environmental law remains unchanged | In summary
By almost any measure, the balance between advancing projects critical to California’s future and environmental protection under the California Environmental Quality Act has been lost. The failure to reform CEQA is not for a lack... |
| 26.04.2023 | Will California’s Big Melt be a slow-moving disaster? | Good news: California has a near-record snowpack in the Sierra, which could ease the impact of our deep drought. Bad news: There’s a heat wave coming this week. Really bad news: If the snow melts too fast, it could help cause devastating fl... |
| 26.04.2023 | California poised to ban new diesel trucks | In summary
Trucking companies say the deadlines for converting big rigs, delivery trucks and other heavy vehicles are unachievable and will cause “chaos and dysfunction” of California’s economy. The move is designed to clean communities’ ai... |
| 25.04.2023 | California state workers should not be struggling to pay for the basics | In summary
A recent report found that more than two-thirds of state employees in California are given sub-living wages and can’t afford to raise a family. Despite their important work keeping the state functioning, some rely on a second job... |
| 25.04.2023 | California’s lowest paid health workers want a pay boost. Why industry leaders are pushing back | In summary
As hospitals and other health care facilities struggle with staffing shortages, health workers could get a wage increase under a legislative proposal. But some smaller facilities already struggling financially say they can’t affo... |
| 25.04.2023 | Unitek Joins Forces with Masonic Homes of California to Expand Workforce Education | Unitek Learning is the parent company of several distinguished learning institutions: Unitek College, Unitek EMT, Unitek Training Healthcare, Eagle Gate College, Provo College, and Brookline College. Through this partnership with Unitek Lea... |
| 25.04.2023 | Across the aisle: Can bipartisan caucuses change the California Legislature? | In summary
The Problem Solvers Caucus, one of 16 non-party caucuses in the state Legislature, wants to put public policy before partisan politics, but that’s a tall task. Other caucuses are bipartisan mostly in name only.
Every other week, ... |
| 25.04.2023 | A $5 billion ask for California public transit | From CalMatters’ state Capitol reporter Sameea Kamal
Now we know the price tag to keep California public transit agencies from going over a “fiscal cliff” — $5.15 billion over five years.
As part of a budget proposal being unveiled today in... |
| 22.04.2023 | Supreme Court upholds approval of abortion pill — what it means for Californians | In summary
The court decision preserves the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until a lower federal court hears the case. California legislators and officials vow to protect abortion rights no matter the final outcome of the ... |
| 21.04.2023 | Proyectos de ley para ampliar los créditos fiscales en California podrían enviar $1,000 millones a familias de bajos ingresos | EN RESUMEN
A medida que disminuyen los dólares de ayuda por la pandemia, las familias de bajos ingresos aún necesitan ayuda para recuperarse, dicen los defensores. Dos proyectos de ley ampliarían los créditos fiscales por ingreso del trabaj... |
| 21.04.2023 | Legislators step in as trust erodes between community colleges, California State University | In summary
More than a year of mudslinging between the higher education systems has led to delays and anger over the issue of awarding bachelor’s degrees at community colleges. Legislators, frustrated by the lack of progress, are getting in... |
| 21.04.2023 | California Legislature weeds through key bills | The state Legislature’s policy committees are buzzing with activity this week, hearing bills on topics including election reform, missing persons and chemicals in candy. Bills that require money will advance to their respective appropriatio... |
| 21.04.2023 | Después del diluvio: las inundaciones pueden contaminar más agua potable en California | EN RESUMEN
La contaminación del agua de pozo con nitratos ha sido un problema durante décadas en los valles de San Joaquín y Salinas, y ahora las aguas pluviales han arrojado más fertilizantes y estiércol a los acuíferos.
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| 21.04.2023 | L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ police budget proposal reveals how politics can clash with reality | In summary
Karen Bass was considered the more liberal candidate in the Los Angeles mayoral race, but as all mayors quickly discover, there’s no liberal or conservative way to fill potholes. Problems are simply problems. Her proposal to incr... |
| 14.04.2023 | Spotlight on California leaders after abortion pill rulings | From CalMatters’ health reporter Kristen Hwang:
Doctors and patients in California can rest assured that the abortion pill mifepristone is legal to prescribe and take — for now.
Late Wednesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned ... |
| 14.04.2023 | Cal State undergraduate workers seek union representation | In summary
Undergraduate student assistants at California State University are mounting a union organizing campaign, calling for more work hours, paid sick time and higher wages.
California State University is the largest public university ... |
| 13.04.2023 | Siguiendo el ejemplo de California, la EPA propone estándares nacionales para impulsar los autos eléctricos | EN RESUMEN
Hasta el 60% de los modelos 2030 y dos tercios de los modelos 2032 vendidos en todo el país serían de cero emisiones, algo menos agresivo que el mandato de California.
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| 12.04.2023 | Calbright’s star is rising: California’s online community college is adding, keeping more students | In summary
The online-only community college has made positive steps in the wake of a state audit and legislative criticism.
In California’s constellation of community colleges, Calbright College is shifting from a dying star to something l... |
| 12.04.2023 | California Legislature tackles food chemicals, facial recognition, transgender kids and more | The Legislature is back this week from spring recess and already things are getting busy.
CalMatters’ Julie Cart reports that a bill that would outlaw five chemicals in food products passed the Assembly health committee Tuesday after a robu... |
| 12.04.2023 | Stockton guaranteed income study finds pandemic dampened positive results | In summary
A final study on Stockton’s famous experiment giving low-income residents unconditional cash found the money improved some recipients’ mental health and financial stability – but only during “normative” economic conditions.
Stock... |
| 12.04.2023 | California higher education has enough barriers. Transferring shouldn’t be one of them | In summary
Just 2.5% of California community college students successfully transfer to a university within two years. Fully implementing a 2021 law aiming to reform the transfer system and clean up its convoluted processes could help studen... |
| 08.04.2023 | Se avecinan cierres de hospitales y cortes en los servicios para algunas comunidades. ¿Cómo el estado puede intervenir para ayudar? | EN RESUMEN
Después de que Madera Community Hospital cerrara a principios de este año, otros hospitales han señalado que tienen dificultades financieras. Los legisladores están considerando varias soluciones para canalizar más dinero a los h... |
| 08.04.2023 | ¿Qué es lo que impide que tengas una semana laboral de solo cuatro días? | EN RESUMEN
La evidencia de los programas piloto muestra que las semanas de 32 horas son factibles, pero los grupos empresariales de California dicen que no funcionará para todas las empresas. Los legisladores de California y Washington DC e... |
| 08.04.2023 | What can California do about abortion pill ruling? Not much | In summary
A ruling that suspends federal approval for medication abortion will not be easy for California abortion access advocates to overcome. Unless it’s reversed on appeal, the drug will likely be pulled from pharmacy shelves.
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| 07.04.2023 | California could have avoided salmon season shutdown. Did we learn nothing last time? | In summary
The salmon population crash of 2008 felt like an anomaly in an otherwise productive fishery in California. Fifteen years later, the West Coast is right back where it started. Have we learned nothing in 15 years?
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| 07.04.2023 | CalMatters 2023 events are bringing journalism directly to community members | In summary
The in-person and virtual CalMatters events this year will serve as unique gathering points for civically-engaged Californians.
CalMatters is restarting public events this year, with Sacramento Sessions in our CalMatters Studio t... |
| 07.04.2023 | Newsom’s threat to Walgreens fizzles | On March 6, Gov. Gavin Newsom sent the policy world into a frenzy when, without any notice, he tweeted that “California won’t be doing business with Walgreens,” because of the company’s decision to not distribute an abortion pill in states ... |
| 07.04.2023 | CalMatters’ Best of the West awards honor ‘gut-wrenching’ stories, ‘sophisticated’ presentation and ‘methodical’ accountability journalism | In summary
CalMatters has won three more journalism awards, this time in the Best of the West contest recognizing work in 14 states. The contest was founded in 1987 to reward journalistic excellence and promote freedom of information.
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| 07.04.2023 | Painful step: Shutdown of fishing season necessary to save California salmon | In summary
Salmon population forecasts are down for this year, prompting fishery managers to cancel the fishing season. The decision is unfortunate but necessary, state leaders say, and part of several actions being taken to restore the pop... |
| 05.04.2023 | California’s water battles continue despite record rain and snow | In summary
The record rain and snow falling on California since late last year may have relieved the drought that plagued the state for the last three years, but the battles over water management will continue.
On Monday, California water o... |
| 04.04.2023 | Newsom denounces ‘authoritarians,’ but what about his record? | In summary
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is waging a crusade against “authoritarians” in red states, but he should look in the mirror, too.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has anointed himself as the avenging angel who will rain down righteous ... |
| 04.04.2023 | California podría cambiar cómo financía la salud mental y eso podría cortar algunos servicios | EN RESUMEN
El gobernador Gavin Newsom propone destinar más dinero a viviendas para personas sin hogar con enfermedades mentales graves. Algunos funcionarios de organizaciones de salud mental temen que los fondos provengan de recortes a otro... |
| 26.03.2023 | Newsom displays penchant for shiny new things on California tour | In summary
California Gov. Gavin Newson shunned a traditional State of the State address this month and instead toured the state to unveil new programs for social ills.
As a species, politicians love news conferences and other events that c... |
