Homelessness
How best to reduce California homelessness?
A panel at the CalMatters Ideas Festival debates how to reduce homelessness without punishing poverty. There's worry about a potential $1 billion cut in state funding.
June 6, 2024
Economy
The future for California workers is apprenticeships
A panel of labor experts at the CalMatters Ideas Festival say California workers should have more access to more apprenticeships that pay more. Barriers still exist, especially for women and low-income Californians.
CalMatters en Español
Corte Suprema de California falló a favor de UC Berkeley y da luz verde a proyecto de viviendas en People’s Park
La Corte Suprema de California dio luz verde a UC Berkeley para construir viviendas para estudiantes y personas sin hogar en People's Park, poniendo fin a un debate legal de años sobre si el ruido de los estudiantes es un contaminante ambiental.
Housing
California’s highest court rejects ‘people as pollution’ argument for UC Berkeley housing
The California Supreme Court gave the greenlight for UC Berkeley to build student and homeless housing at People’s Park, ending a years-long legal debate over whether student noise is an environmental pollutant.
Health
Watch: Why tortillas sold in California may be forced to add a new ingredient
Folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects and the FDA requires that bakers include it in enriched bread. California could extend the mandate to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour.
CalMatters en Español
En Los Ángeles 17 hospitales cerraron sus salas de parto pero el Martin Luther King sigue en la lucha para mantenerla abierta
El Hospital Comunitario Martin Luther King Jr. está perdiendo dinero, pero se ha comprometido a mantener abierta su sala de partos. Su decisión va en contra de los hospitales cercanos que se están alejando de los servicios de maternidad.
Health
Money-making L.A. hospitals quit delivering babies. Inside the fight to keep one labor ward open.
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital is losing money, but it's committed to keeping open its labor ward. Its decision runs counter to nearby hospitals that are walking away from maternity services.
Justice
Why increasing penalties for assaulting ER workers is dividing California Democrats
A bill that would increase penalties for those who assault hospital emergency department workers is facing the same pushback that other recent tough-on-crime legislation has from progressive Democrats leery of increasing incarceration rates.
CalMatters en Español
Panel de discusión de Cal Matters aborda en qué deben pensar los responsables en California de las políticas de Inteligencia Artificial
Un panel de legisladores y expertos dijo que las discusiones sobre la regulación de la Inteligencia Artificial deberían centrarse ante todo en las personas.
Technology
What AI policymakers need to be thinking about in California and beyond
Panel of lawmakers and experts said discussions about regulating AI should center people first and foremost.