November 2020

A new entity that formed this year will be responsible for distributing millions of pounds of food to food banks throughout California.

There are other bold proposals that can lay the foundation for a just recovery while generating billions for our schools and local services.

Backed by the state’s attorney general and welcomed by labor advocates as better late than never, California's new policy will start to hold businesses accountable for protecting their workers, mandate reporting outbreaks and decrease crowding in housing for vulnerable guest farmworkers spotlighted in a California Divide investigation.

El gobernador Gavin Newsom emitió una nueva ronda de toques de queda de 10 pm a 5 am para frenar la propagación del coronavirus en California. Las empresas dicen que ya han modificado sus horarios para cumplir con las restricciones de salud y algunas oficinas del alguacil del condado no planean hacer cumplir el toque de queda.

El estudio reveló que el 70% de este grupo vive en vecindarios con las tasas más altas de condiciones de salud preexistentes como la diabetes.

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a new round of curfews from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. to slow the spread of the coronavirus in California. Businesses say they have already altered hours to comply with health restrictions and some county sheriff's offices plan not to enforce.

Respaldada por el fiscal general del estado y bienvenida por los defensores laborales como más vale tarde que nunca, la nueva política de California comenzará a responsabilizar a las empresas de proteger a sus trabajadores, exigirá informar sobre brotes y reducir el hacinamiento en las viviendas para los trabajadores agrícolas temporales vulnerables que se destacan en una investigación de California Divide.

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, November 19. Spend or save? Even with a rosier-than-expected budget forecast, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have some hard choices ahead of them. Wealthy Californians who made financial gains amid the pandemic and a booming stock market helped the state reap $26 billion in one-time surplus funds, according to […]

At least California vote-counters are having a good year.  With nearly 17.5 million votes already tallied, county election officials have just about wrapped up counting the ballots from November’s presidential election.  A little over two weeks out, that puts California way ahead of the norm from recent elections.  Assuming the estimates of ballots left to […]

As California’s new requirements for forever chemicals kick in, small providers in remote towns struggle to clean up their water.