Los Angeles, CA|News|
CA Must End The Plague Of Human Trafficking; This Proposal Can Help (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Senator Chang represents Senate District 29 in portions of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties.
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Los Angeles, CA|News|
The Healthcare Issue That Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Missing (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Raphael J. Sonenshein is executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State L.A.
Sacramento|News|
Bill To Weaponize Clean Car Rebates Stalls In CA's Pollution Battle Against Trump
A bill to restrict clean car rebates to vehicles from companies that signed on to CA's greenhouse gas deal stalled in state Legislature.
Fresno, CA|News|
Lyme Disease Led To My Daughter’s Death; Join The Fight Against Tick-Borne Disease (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Hudson is director of development for Girl Scouts in Fresno and the founder of the Alex Hudson Lyme Foundation.
Across California, CA|News|
California Climate Budget To Include $1 Billion Green Loan Fund
The Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund would offer low-interest lending to small businesses and organizations that have green ideas.
Sacramento|News|
GOP To Newsom: You’re Failing The People You’re Supposed To Serve (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Jessica Millan Patterson is chairwoman of the California Republican Party.
Sacramento|News|
Nearly Half Of CA Students Can’t Read At Grade Level; Here's What To Do About It (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Bill Lucia is president and chief executive officer of EdVoice, a Sacramento based education non-profit.
Across California, CA|News|
The Politics Of CA's Slow Population Growth (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Population estimates made by CA's Department of Finance and the U.S. Census Bureau have a gap of about 1 million human beings.
Campbell, CA|News|
Santa Clara County Exploring Giving $1,000 Monthly To Every Youth Aging Out Of Foster Care
The proposal would provide funds to youth who have exited the state’s foster care system or will age out and lose access to social services.
Sacramento|News|
CA's Renewable Energy Targets Slashed Carbon Pollution; Proposal To Pause Them
A non-partisan report says California's renewable energy mandate is the star of the state's greenhouse gas goals.
Sacramento|News|
Audit Reveals CA Failure To Test Millions Of Babies For Toxic Lead
State Auditor Howle found 1.4 million toddlers, most from Sacramento, enrolled in Medi-Cal had gone untested for lead exposure.
Los Angeles, CA|News|
Where CA Political Action Is — And Isn’t — In 2020 (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: The big action in this year’s elections will be found in three key contests in Los Angeles County.
San Francisco, CA|News|
‘Not The Golden State Anymore’: Middle- And Low-Income People Leaving CA
In the second quarter of 2019, the San Francisco Bay Area topped Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago for people leaving major U.S. cities.
Redlands-Loma Linda, CA|News|
What The ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Myth Is Hiding: Many Struggle With Poverty (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Ramakrishnan is a political science and public policy professor at UC Riverside. Jones is the CEO of PRRI.
Sacramento|News|
Winnowing CA's Legislative Grain From Chaff (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Winnowing weighty grains of policy wheat from lightweight legislative chaff is not always easy.
Campbell, CA|News|
CA's Gig Worker Law Is Disrupting The Music Industry, Threatening Performing Arts (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Brendan Rawson is the executive director of San Jose Jazz.
Across California, CA|News|
Newsom To Propose That California Manufacture Its Own Generic Drugs
Taking a play from Elizabeth Warren, California could become the first state to establish its own generic drug label.
Sacramento|News|
Follow The Money: Are Changes Coming For California’s School Funding Law?
A critical state audit has made oversight of spending on disadvantaged students a first order of business for California lawmakers.
Milpitas, CA|News|
The Real Reason California Was Stuck In The Dark (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: KR Sridhar is the founder and chief executive officer of Bloom Energy, headquartered in San Jose.
San Francisco, CA|News|
Last Year’s Hottest Housing Fight In CA Just Got Resurrected
San Francisco Sen. Scott Wiener's housing density bill is back in the pipeline, with amendments to appeal to the groups that twice sank it.
