March 2024

El estado está considerando reducir a cero los fondos para los programas de subsidio laboral y estabilización familiar de CalWORKS para ayudar a equilibrar el presupuesto.

The state is considering zeroing out funds for CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget.

California's gas prices are spiking again. The state's motorists are not only paying high prices but high fuel taxes and not getting much in return.

El estado aún está averiguando quiénes se beneficiarán del salario mínimo de $20 para los trabajadores de comida rápida que comienza el lunes. Los empleadores han estado pidiendo orientación desde octubre pasado, según correos electrónicos obtenidos por CalMatters a través de una solicitud de registros públicos.

The state is still working out who will benefit from the $20 minimum wage for fast food workers that starts Monday. Employers have been asking for guidance since last October, according to emails obtained by CalMatters through a public records request.

Después de llevar su historia hasta la Junta de Regentes de la Universidad de California, un estudiante discapacitado de UC Berkeley ha instado a la UC a garantizar que haya sillas de evacuación de emergencia en todos los edificios de varios pisos del sistema de 10 universidades.

An LA partnership that is supposed to place 200 Black trainees in city jobs is falling short. One worker whose desk job offer was revoked was told to try sanitation.

After the death of a friend who was struck by a car in Berkeley last month, a safe street advocate says California lawmakers should pass two bills seeking to reduce vehicle speeds and protect pedestrians.

After bringing his story all the way to the University of California Board of Regents, a disabled UC Berkeley student has prompted the UC to ensure emergency evacuation chairs are in every multi-storied building in the 10-university system.

While much of the nation is enjoying a vigorous economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, California is falling behind with scant job growth.