January 23, 2023

EN RESUMENEl año pasado, un proyecto de ley habría dirigido más fondos al grupo de estudiantes con los puntajes más bajos en las pruebas estandarizadas, que habrían sido los estudiantes de raza negra. En cambio, el gobernador propone dinero extra para las escuelas con alta pobreza y no específicamente para los estudiantes de raza negra. […]

Last year, a bill would have directed more funding to the student group with the lowest standardized test scores, which would have been Black students. Instead, the governor is proposing extra money for high-poverty schools, not Black students specifically.

California hospitals face a 2030 deadline to complete retrofit upgrades required under state law. Facilities in rural areas say the nearly 30-year-old legislation was enacted with a top-down approach, and failed to recognize the distinct challenges they face.

Yet another mass shooting, and another reprise of a tragically familiar refrain. After the massacre late Saturday night at Monterey Park’s Star Ballroom Dance Studio that left 10 dead and 10 others hospitalized, on Sunday one politician after another, including President Biden, expressed sorrow and offered condolences. (An 11th person died Monday.) A few quickly […]

California's chronic shortage of housing manifests itself in sky-high housing costs, the nation's worst poverty and its highest level of homelessness.