December 19, 2019

Seven candidates talk mega donors, wildfire and other California touchstones in Los Angeles

Starting Jan. 1, a new California law will require some businesses to re-classify independent contractors as employees — granting them benefits such as overtime pay and the right to join a union. Businesses and organized labor both heavily lobbied lawmakers over the bill, and while some industries won exemptions, others did not. The law is […]

Campus organizers across California are gearing up for the state’s early primary in March, hoping for a repeat of the 2018 elections, when student voter turnout nationwide more than doubled. They’re trying creative tactics to get their peers registered and to the polls, helped along by two new California laws.

Kathay Feng, California Common Cause: We are in a time when there are so many people who seek to sow divisions among Americans. I’m looking for the presidential candidate who presents a vision for how people can find common ground through uncommon solutions to create a democracy that works for all of us.

Horacio Amezquita, general manager of San Jerardo housing cooperative in Salinas: Since 1990, the people of San Jerardo have drilled one well after another, only to see each closed as a result of agricultural contamination including nitrates and pesticides. Our children and our elders have develop painful rashes as a result. We worry about other health impacts from this stew of contaminants.

State officials want to declare a $1 billion financial information system complete even though it's just half-baked and lacks essential features.

Obamacare grows in California but suffers a defeat nationally. Kaiser mental health workers go on strike to protest lack of resources.