January 23, 2020

California state Sen. Bill Dodd has introduced legislation to help schools make up instructional time and state dollars lost to closures for climate-driven emergencies such as wildfires. The increasingly pressing issue was the topic of a CalMatters series last year.

Newsom urges judge to reject PG&E bankruptcy plan. New report concludes Bakersfield children are struggling. Scorecard assess homelessness prescriptions.

Susan Kirsch, former president of Livable California: Legislators should declare a moratorium on housing legislation until the impact of the 40-plus housing bills passed in the last four years take effect, address underlying causes of income inequity, and collaborate with cities and citizens, not corporate seeking to expand their real estate empires.

Options for addressing the state's most pressing social problem  range, at best, from limited to imperfect. What would you choose?

Voters will decide more than 200 local government tax and bond measures on the March 3 ballot and hundreds more are likely for the November ballot.