Purchase incentives for electric bikes would put zero-emission transportation within reach for many more Californians.
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State auditor blasts UC for admitting unqualified students based on wealthy connections
The state auditor found a lot of holes in the way the University of California conducts its admissions process, from inappropriate donor influence to questionable student athlete decisions. The state audit also disagrees with the UC’s internal audit.
Posted inCalMatters en Español
Las elecciones de la Asamblea Estatal que debe observar
Read this in English. Los demócratas de California alcanzaron un ápice en 2018 cuando ganaron tres cuartos de los escaños – “mega mayorías” – en la Legislatura del estado. Dos años después, los republicanos pretenden invertir esa tendencia. Pero en un estado cada vez más azul, y en un año de elecciones presidenciales que seguramente […]
Posted inWhatMatters
Newsom seeks more from PG&E, a $10 million dirty trick, and Bernie Sanders stumbles
Newsom rejects PG&E’s reorganization plan. Dirty trick may have cost Pete Wilson’s stepson an Assembly seat. Sanders stumbles with endorsement.
Posted inCalifornia Legislature, Politics
Women surfers push beyond equal pay—even if it means letting men into the water, too
California legislation sparks a broader debate over how to advance equality for women in male-dominated sports.
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters
Newsom housing plan may have fatal flaw
Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking a carrot-and-stick approach to California’s housing shortage, but it may have a fatal flaw.
Posted inInside the Capitol, Politics
A deep blue sea of California lawmakers takes oath of office
A new Legislature was sworn in at the Capitol on Monday, with a Democratic mega-majority in both chambers. But within that huge margin is historic diversity.