May 23, 2023

EN RESUMEN Según su plan presupuestario de mayo, Newsom quiere que los sistemas universitarios de UC y CSU obtengan más viviendas estatales para estudiantes en 2023-24, pero las universidades tendrían que pedir prestado el dinero a través de bonos. El estado pagaría los intereses de los bonos anualmente. Los analistas legislativos dicen que el estado […]

EN RESUMEN Los funcionarios de California proponen aumentar las tasas de reembolso para algunos proveedores de Medi-Cal, quienes dicen que las bajas tasas de pago les impiden aceptar a más pacientes. Read this article in English. Una de las alegrías del trabajo de la Dra. Sumana Reddy como médica de medicina familiar es atender a […]

California officials are proposing to increase reimbursement rates for some Medi-Cal providers, who say low pay rates prevent them from taking more patients.

Under his May budget plan, Newsom wants the UC and CSU to get more state student housing in 2023-24, but the universities would have to borrow the money through bonds. The state would pay the interest on the bonds annually. Legislative analysts say the state may be overcommitting given far lower projected tax revenues.

Fresno is one of the most economically distressed and unequal regions in California. Fresno DRIVE, a public-private effort, is starting to boost minority businesses, agricultural technology, and other initiatives.

Although he’s eyeing to one day become California’s governor, for now Rob Bonta is still the attorney general. Today, that means preserving reproductive rights, preventing gun violence, enforcing housing laws — and investigating fatal police shootings of unarmed civilians. CalMatters’ criminal justice reporter Nigel Duara is tracking these cases and recently talked to families who […]

Two big rivers, the Klamath and the Colorado, are being resuscitated after becoming dangerously unhealthy. In both cases, taxpayers are footing the hefty costs rather than those who profit off the rivers.