2021

CalMatters en Español

Los peligros de COVID se intensifican: California ahora se encuentra en la ‘parte profunda y oscura del túnel’, dice un alto funcionario de salud

A medida que aparece una nueva variante de coronavirus altamente infecciosa en California, los funcionarios de salud estatales intentan acelerar la distribución de la vacuna.

By Barbara Feder Ostrov • January 4, 2021

WhatMatters

Health care workers refuse COVID vaccine

As California confronts its darkest moment yet of the pandemic, complications in the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine — which Gov. Gavin Newsom billed as the “light at the end of the tunnel” — suggest that the tunnel may be longer than previously thought. Although the Golden State was slated to receive around 2.1 million […]

By Emily Hoeven • January 4, 2021

Commentary

Conserving Tejon Ranch: A fight worth waging

The Tejon Ranch dispute threatens funding for cutting-edge science and innovative field applications to prevent ecosystem decline.

By Guest Commentary • January 4, 2021

Capitol

Legislator needed to introduce Ellis Act reform bill to protect the state’s most vulnerable tenants

Why do California legislators allow elderly, disabled and other long-term tenants to be evicted by real estate speculators?

By Guest Commentary • January 4, 2021

CalMatters en Español

¿Aún más contagioso? Esto es lo que necesita saber sobre el virus mutante ahora en California

La nueva variante hasta ahora ha sido detectada en cuatro personas en el Estado Dorado, luego de su descubrimiento inicial en los Estados Unidos en un Guardia Nacional de Colorado.

By Ana B. Ibarra and Barbara Feder Ostrov • January 4, 2021

Commentary

California’s population may be declining

California's 170 years of strong population growth have ended and the state may be in decline, with powerful economic and poliical effects,

By Dan Walters • January 4, 2021

Commentary

California’s plan to bring many students back to school for in-person learning in careful stages

It’s time for California to boost its support for teachers’ efforts with resources for getting and keeping schools open safely.

By Guest Commentary • January 3, 2021