Judy serves as hub editor of the California Divide project, a five-newsroom collaboration covering economic inequality. Prior to editing, she reported on state finance, workforce and economic issues. Her motto: Accounting for California, one tax dollar at a time. She brings more than a decade of government reporting experience from The Associated Press, The Sacramento Bee and The Detroit News. She graduated from the University of Southern California and is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association. She serves as CalMatters' internship coordinator.
The California economy may be flush, but recession is on the horizon, and new data from the state auditor shows pensions, questionable management and other risky fiscal business have put many Golden State cities on shaky ground.
Economists project massive labor upheaval but California is trying to roll with those disruptions while making sure jobs here continue to pay a living wage, offer worker protections and accommodate working families.
Senator looks to remake California's tax structure as businesses gear up for fight. Jerry Brown launches new climate iniative. Mentally ill inmates die in San Diego.
AB 5 would upend longstanding employment practices that have seeped into the Democratic presidential debate about how workers should be treated, particularly in today’s gig economy.
PG&E is back where it started — searching for a way forward amid tens of billions of dollars in damages from past wildfires. And its narrowing options are driving the state’s largest utility into the arms of Wall Street investors, including a group led by major Republican donor Paul Singer, the billionaire known for his combative style and portfolio of distressed properties.
Judy serves as hub editor of the California Divide project, a five-newsroom collaboration covering economic inequality. Prior to editing, she reported on state finance, workforce and economic issues. Her motto: Accounting for California, one tax dollar at a time. She brings more than a decade of government reporting experience from The Associated Press, The Sacramento Bee and The Detroit News. She graduated from the University of Southern California and is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association. She serves as CalMatters' internship coordinator.