California is casting off fossil fuels on its way to becoming a fully electrified state. But it’s unclear whether the aging electricity grid can deliver.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to pay down pension liability would save California school districts an estimated $50 per students. It wasn’t enough to head off the Los Angeles teachers strike, but districts are welcoming it anyway.
A quarter-century after California elected Sheila Kuehl as its first openly gay or lesbian legislator, its LGBT caucus has a series of successes and a to-do list for the future.
Los californianos a quienes les gusta la idea de obtener más tiempo libre remunerado para cuidar a un nuevo bebé pueden encontrar buenas y malas noticias en los detalles del presupuesto propuesto por el gobernador Gavin Newsom.
The 2018 election was hailed as the “Year of the Woman,” but California still lags behind its Western neighbors and many other states when it comes to female representation. Among the ideas to boost the number of elected women: Let campaigns pay for child care.
Una investigación encargada por la Asamblea de California encontró que el ex asambleísta de California Sebastian Ridley-Thomas de Los Ángeles, quien renunció abruptamente en 2017 alegando problemas de salud, probablemente acosó al menos a dos miembros del personal legislativo mientras estaba en el cargo.
El gobernador dividió el superávit en tres categorías: $3 mil millones para educación y servicios sociales, $8.5 mil millones en gastos únicos y $10 mil millones para desarrollar lo que él llama “resiliencia presupuestaria”.
On the first day of a massive LA teachers’ strike, Gov. Gavin Newsom pressed for legislation adding more “transparency” to the state’s 1,200-plus charter schools—a point of contention between the LA district and the union.
After a political “Year of the Woman,” what percentage of California’s Legislature is made up of women? Are Latinos a plurality among state legislators as well as across the state? Who’s over-represented in state government—and under-represented? Watch to see how lawmakers’ demographics stack up.
Report for America, the national service program that places journalists in under-covered communities, is funding three reporters for an ambitious effort focused on California’s worst-in-the-nation poverty rate and the growing divide between the state’s rich and poor.
CARB has adopted an aggressive regulation, baking in higher consumer and industry costs in the hope of squeezing out more emission reductions. This approach flouts the express will of the Legislature and undermines the moral authority for engaging in state-level greenhouse gas regulation.
Para muchas personas fuera de Los Ángeles, la huelga del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles puede parecer lejana y con poca relevancia para su vida diaria. Pero la huelga llega más cerca de casa de lo que se podría pensar.
If our government is going to truly prioritize housing for all Californians, cities and counties must be required to put a significant portion of any incentive funding from the state toward directly supporting the production of homes at levels affordable to people most in need.
Hace siete años, Jerry Brown y la Legislatura abolieron la reurbanización. Hay esfuerzos para recuperarla, pero el sucesor de Brown como gobernador, Gavin Newsom, ha echado un jarro de agua fría sobre la idea.
El presupuesto de California depende peligrosamente de la imposición de impuestos a un puñado de personas ricas. El gobernador Gavin Newsom, recién investido, dice que trabajará en la reforma fiscal.
Mientras los legisladores reanudan las discusiones sobre soluciones políticas, debemos ser claros: las regulaciones ambientales de California no causaron la crisis de vivienda y destripar la Ley de Calidad Ambiental de California dañaría a las comunidades desfavorecidas.
Modern California would not have been possible without all the ecological resources and water the Delta has supplied for so long. When we restore the Delta, we ensure that the economic and ecologic heart of California is still beating.
El gobernador Gavin Newsom ha reconocido los altos costos de vida en California, pero el gobierno es un importante impulsor de esos costos.
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