January 29, 2021

State government officials, schools and teachers unions still cannot agree on a framework to reopen California’s public schools. Time to get kids back in classrooms this school year is running out.

Los funcionarios del gobierno estatal, las escuelas y los sindicatos de maestros aún no pueden ponerse de acuerdo sobre un marco para reabrir las escuelas públicas de California. El tiempo para que los niños regresen a las aulas este año escolar se está acabando.

California officials conceded this week it hasn’t worked to allow counties and health systems to take charge of coronavirus vaccine delivery. Amid slow rollout, state officials have been unable to answer a key question: Where are the unused doses?

The extent to which California’s unemployment department has failed to address rampant fraud came into clearer focus on Thursday, when the state auditor released her second report of the week on the Employment Development Department. Despite repeated warnings from federal authorities that fraudsters would target California, EDD waited six months and processed 7.4 million claims […]

Without sufficient financial aid, I face the risk of dropping out of UC Santa Cruz due to the lack of affordable housing.

The Legislature must require polluting facilities to provide proof they can pay to clean up contamination during operations and upon closure.

Legal advocates are trying to roll back California’s hefty traffic ticket fines and fees, which are among the highest in the nation. One attorney called them a “blunt instrument” punishing people “when in reality, for many Californians, traffic tickets are simply too expensive to take care of.”

Los defensores legales están tratando de reducir las fuertes multas y tarifas de las multas de tráfico de California, que se encuentran entre las más altas del país. Un abogado los llamó un "instrumento contundente" que castiga a las personas "cuando en realidad, para muchos californianos, las multas de tráfico son simplemente demasiado caras para pagar".

Sin suficiente ayuda financiera, corro el riesgo de abandonar UC Santa Cruz debido a la falta de viviendas asequibles.