2024

Gov. Newsom says the deficit is far smaller than what the Legislature’s analysts projected, and proposes only $8.5 billion in cuts by delaying spending and taking $13 billion from the state’s main reserves.

California has plenty of existential issues. A chronic shortage of workers may have joined the list as public and private employers scramble to fill open positions.

After months of negotiations, university officials offer a 5% pay raise. The union is seeking 12% and plans to strike at the end of January.

Read this story in English. Una disputa entre un jubilado de 72 años en Placerville y el condado de El Dorado sobre una tarifa de construcción de $23,420 llegó esta mañana ante el tribunal más alto del país en un caso con consecuencias potencialmente sísmicas para los presupuestos de los gobiernos locales y los mercados […]

The highest court in the land will soon decide how much leeway cities and counties have in offsetting new construction with fees to pay for infrastructure.

If you listen to California’s political class, the high-speed rail project sounds like a textbook boondoggle. Yet in communities across California’s farm belt, the discourse is different. High-speed rail isn't "a train to nowhere" – it's a symbol of transformation.

Read this story in English. El sindicato de profesores del sistema de la Universidad Estatal de California está planeando una semana de huelgas en los 23 campus del 22 al 26 de enero después de que el sistema dijera hoy que proporcionaría aumentos del 5% a sus miembros, muy por debajo de lo que busca […]

The contest to succeed the late Dianne Feinstein in the U.S. Senate had been a three-way duel among Democrats. However, a Republican, former baseball star Steve Garvey, could finish second in the March 5 primary.

Read this story in English. Después de años de vivir en las calles y en hoteles de una sola habitación, el acogedor estudio en el barrio japonés de San Francisco parecía un santuario para Corey Lafayette. Se mudó sin muebles, por lo que sus amigos le encontraron un colchón en Craigslist y le dieron además […]

San Francisco provides all tenants facing eviction access to an attorney. Across the Bay, in Contra Costa County, it’s a different story. Two tenants’ stories show the difference a lawyer can make.