Events
Virtual panel on ‘The Great Reshuffling and Beyond’
The Future of Work series explores California’s recovery from recession and progress toward an economy centered on equity, mobility and opportunity.
June 28, 2022
Environment
Deal pulls California plastic trash measure from ballot
A bill negotiated by environmentalists, the plastics industry and lawmakers is keeping a California recycling measure off the ballot. The bill sailed through the Assembly on Wednesday night and the state Senate on Thursday morning, and the proponents withdrew the initiative just before the deadline.
Commentary
Tying water access to labor in overcrowded prisons is wrong
The use of water as a weapon over California’s prisoners violates basic human decency — especially during a deadly pandemic.
WhatMatters
Abortion amendment heads to California voters
California voters will decide in November whether to enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in the state constitution — making the Golden State the first to put reproductive rights on the ballot after a watershed U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the federal constitutional right to an abortion. The amendment — introduced last month […]
Commentary
Newsom, legislators fast-track state budget deal
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders negotiated a new state budget in secret and then began the enactment process while giving the public very little time to figure out what they are doing.