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Vote-By-Mail Fail: When A Ballot Arrives That Isn’t For You
When the ballots arrived in Susan Lambert’s mailbox this week, everyone in the house was accounted for, but there was an extra ballot.
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Privacy Puzzle: Consumer Advocates Divided Over California’s Prop. 24
It’s one of the most confounding fights on California’s November ballot.
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How CA Expats Are Helping Turn Texas Into A Battleground State
When Dr. Myiesha Taylor saw her Biden-Harris lawn sign was missing from the yard, she did what most parents would do and blamed her kids.
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Lawmakers Want To Amend This Prop? It’ll Take A “Super, Super, Super-Duper Majority”
A reader has asked us a question about a lesser-known provision buried in one of the year’s most controversial ballot measures.
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Freeze First, Verify Second: Unemployed Californians Get A Fright From Edd
As California’s unemployment agency tries to cut off fraudsters, those actually unemployed have found their accounts suddenly frozen.
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What To Know About Gig Worker Pay Before Voting On Prop. 22
No, the ballot measure won’t ban Uber and Lyft in California. But it would overhaul how drivers get paid.
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How The Pandemic Reshaped California Politics In 2020
It’s not easy to get work done during a pandemic. Even for the fortunate who kept their pre-pandemic jobs.
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California 2020 Props Explained In 1-Minute Videos
Want a quick introduction to the dozen measures on your November ballot? This playlist gives you a 60-second description of each:
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CA Governor Vetoes Bill Extending Protections To Domestic Workers
Newsom vetoed the law stating that the places people live cannot be treated the same as a traditional workplace or worksite.
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Trump Call For Poll Watchers Evokes Chilling Memories Of Orange County, 1988
"I’m urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully,” he said. “They’re called ‘poll watchers...'"
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Newsom Allocates $600 Million For Permanent Housing For Homeless
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, CA established Project Roomkey, an ambitious initiative to house homeless people in hotels and motels.
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California One Of Few States Without Top School Nurse During Pandemic
School nurses across CA have tried to get the state to again hire a statewide nurse consultant, especially as they grapple with COVID-19.
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Mental Health ‘Tsunami’ Looms: Can CA Prevent A Suicide Surge?
Humboldt County, tucked into the redwoods on the state’s far North Coast, also has a much higher suicide rate than most of California.
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California Caught In Presidential Cage Match Debate
The Golden State made its entrance around the 75-minute mark.
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Welcome to Zoom University. That’ll be $500.
Some University of California campuses are charging new students hundreds of dollars for orientation sessions even though they're online.
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Newsom’s Fast Approaching Deadline
Gov. Gavin Newsom has just three days left to sign or veto some of the most high-profile and controversial bills of the legislative session.
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Raising Taxes On Corporate Renters; Will Small Biz Foot The Bill?
If Prop. 15 passes in November, landlords with raised taxes could pass the higher cost along their small business tenants.
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California’s Ancient ‘Asbestos’ Forests No Longer Seem Immune
The North Coast’s rainforests are hotter, drier and less foggy. That means more dangerous fires that can scar iconic redwoods.
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California NAACP President Aids Corporate Prop Campaigns — Collects $1.2 Million And Counting
Alice Huffman was especially sought after this year as political campaigns respond to the national reckoning over race.
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California’s Rent Strike: Who Pays And How It Works
Once a fringe tactic, rent strikes are gaining political attention around the state as renters seek payment relief amid COVID-19.
