June 16, 2021

Thousands of California high school graduates didn’t go to college last year due to the pandemic. The drop, which mostly affected community colleges, might be temporary, but it showed the need to provide more support for students going from high school to college. A new counseling program in Riverside County aims to do just that.

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, June 16. For many, masks here to stay Rome wasn’t built in a day — and neither did California reopen in one. Flanked by minions, Smurfs and Transformers at Universal Studios Hollywood, a maskless Gov. Gavin Newsom drew $15 million worth of prizes in the state’s vaccine lottery and declared […]

CalMatters conducted a Q&A with housing researcher Carolina Reid, who has been tracking vulnerable renters throughout the pandemic. She says the state could help renters facing eviction — if enough money gets to them in time.

CalMatters realizó una sesión de preguntas y respuestas con la investigadora de vivienda Carolina Reid, quien ha estado rastreando a los inquilinos vulnerables durante la pandemia. Ella dice que el estado podría ayudar a los inquilinos que enfrentan el desalojo, si les llega suficiente dinero a tiempo.

Newsom should take responsibility for its current woes, but the department’s mismanagement predates him.

Assembly Bill 794 strips away language requiring essential manufacturing and assembly to be done in the United States.

What is a skilled and trained workforce, and what could the labor requirement do to California affordable housing bills in the Legislature?

About 4,300 users were issued notices to halt diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Some growers and municipalities will have to rely on other sources, while many can invoke their senior water rights to keep pumping from the rivers — at least for now.

Senate Bill 245 would eliminate health care plans’ cost-sharing requirements for the procedure.

Aproximadamente 4,300 usuarios recibieron avisos para detener los desvíos del delta de San Joaquín-Sacramento. Algunos productores y municipios tendrán que depender de otras fuentes, mientras que muchos pueden invocar sus derechos de agua para seguir bombeando de los ríos, al menos por ahora.