September 6, 2023

Attila Colar went to prison for lying to the government. After California gave him another contract as a provider in a rehabilitation program, a federal jury convicted him of fraud for using the personal information of Bay Area parolees and others to collect government COVID funds.

Read this story in English. Los psiquiatras de las prisiones de California están en camino de recibir bonificaciones de al menos 42.000 dólares a través de un contrato negociado con el gobernador Gavin Newsom pocos días antes de la fecha límite del estado para cerrar acuerdos con empleados públicos.  El acuerdo provisional alcanzado la semana […]

A June budget deal required community colleges to raise their own money to build affordable student housing. Some campuses said that plan prevented them from building the dorms, even with help from the state to pay the debt.

California prisons are badly understaffed when it comes to doctors and psychiatrists. A new contract attempts to boost retention with substantial bonuses.

From CalMatters state Capitol reporter Sameea Kamal: After many twists and turns  — intra-party drama, xenophobic comments against its author and division among some South Asian communities — the first-in-the-nation bill to ban caste discrimination in California’s housing and employment laws completed its journey through the Legislature Tuesday with a 31-5 vote in the Senate.  […]

There are just a few days remaining in the 2023 session of the California Legislature and it has nearly 1,000 bills still to process - and perhaps some late-blooming measures not yet drafted.