2023

California’s COVID-era rent relief program, long saddled with delays, criticisms and legal woes, appears to be running out of money. What does that mean for the more than 100,000 renters still awaiting help?

Read this story in English. Diciendo que los objetivos  para reducir el uso de agua en ciudades y pueblos  serán costosos y difíciles de lograr, las agencias de agua de toda California han expresado su preocupación sobre una propuesta estatal ambiciosa que requeriría una mayor conservación del agua en todo el estado a partir de […]

Los Angeles has passed restrictions and reduced gun deaths over the years, but its ability to innovate could be hindered as long as the Supreme Court emphasizes "historical tradition" over the effectiveness of new regulations.

Water providers say rebates for residential areas are costly and many people refuse to remove their lawns. The rules aim to save enough water for more than a million households a year.

From CalMatters Capitol reporter Sameea Kamal:  Starting next year, workers in California will be entitled to at least five days of paid sick leave — up from the current three days.  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature is a win for labor groups, for whom the bill authored by Sen. Lena Gonzalez was a top priority. But […]

Read this story in English. Más de 75,000 empleados de Kaiser Permanente abandonaron sus puestos de trabajo esta mañana, iniciando la huelga de trabajadores de la salud más grande en la historia de Estados Unidos, dijeron funcionarios sindicales. Kaiser y la Coalición de Sindicatos de Kaiser Permanente no pudieron llegar a un acuerdo durante una […]

California health care giant Kaiser Permanente could not reach a contract to avert a strike by a union coalition representing some 75,000 employees in five states. The walkout is expected to last three days.

Before decriminalizing psychedelic substances for personal use, California should allow them for therapeutic use, argues the founder of a community clinic in San Francisco.

Read this story in English. Los estudiantes trabajadores de la Universidad Estatal de California están un paso más cerca de sindicalizarse después de que se anunciara hoy que la Junta de Relaciones Públicas de Empleo de California ha considerado que hay suficiente apoyo estudiantil para provocar una votación sindical. Después de examinar miles de tarjetas […]

From CalMatters politics reporter Yue Stella Yu: Two Californians made history Tuesday in our nation’s capital — one starting a new job, the other losing theirs. Laphonza Butler took the oath of office as a U.S. senator, succeeding the late Dianne Feinstein and becoming the first Black and openly LGBTQ woman to serve in the […]