By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters Tenant advocates, racial equity groups, YIMBYs and even some of their usual opponents wanted to see the bill pass. The cities of San Francisco…
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Gov. Newsom calibrates the right time for schools to drop the mask mandate. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the…
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By Alejandro Lazo for CalMatters Former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who made a political name championing a guaranteed income program, is hoping to take his policy…
Daisy Switzer has spent 21 years knowing how much suffering can be unleashed by failures in the legal and behavioral health systems: She internalized that…
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Lora Anguay was born and raised in Sacramento. She was hired at SMUD in 2004 and worked in several capacities, including project manager for the utility’s Smart…
By Alexei Koseff for CalMatters Despite, or perhaps because of, an aggressive last-minute push by progressive activists ahead of a crucial deadline, legislation to create…
Promising new legislation to keep California workers safe would leave many uncovered. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning…
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By Dan Bacher The Western States Petroleum Association, or WSPA – the most powerful corporate lobbying group in Sacramento – claims that there are 368,000 jobs in…
By Manuela Tobias for CalMatters In the middle of March last year, Los Angeles officials were gearing up to clear a 200-person homeless encampment at Echo Park…
A ground-breaking state law could raise work standards for fast food employees while keeping them safe. By Bobbi Murray, Capital & Main This story is…
By Andy Brack The ocean is big – really, really big.* It’s so “vastly hugely mind-bogglingly” big you may not think it needs your help….