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What comes next for California cities? Deficits, bailouts and long recoveries

California cities face budget deficits as a pandemic-induced recession sets. Mayors are calling for federal bailouts in what's expected to be a long recovery.

에 의해 Jackie Botts, 벤 크리스토퍼, Elizabeth Castillo, 아나 B. 이바라 그리고 맷 레빈 • 4월 17, 2020

건강

Quarantine grandma? California families scramble as coronavirus hits

Government policy is one thing, real life another. What happens if your germ-carrying preschoolers suddenly pose a lethal threat to their elderly grandparents? What becomes of your teenagers’ future if their education is disrupted, long-term? How protected are we if schools cancel class but kids then disperse to malls and bounce houses and movie theaters?

에 의해 Elizabeth Aguilera 그리고 Judy Lin • 3월 11, 2020

기후 변화

Could free transit for kids help California beat climate change?

The Legislature is considering giving everyone age 18 and under free rides on public transportation. But will that really create a generation of lifetime riders?

에 의해 Jakob Lazzaro • 2월 24, 2020

중요한 것은 무엇인가

Newsom’s labor dispute, pay equity, PG&E’s lobby fight, death on the streets, and Delta tunnel

Newsom disinvites labor leader from commission. First partner fights for pay equity. Ad blitz aims to sink PG&E bankruptcy bill.

에 의해 Dan Morain 그리고 Adria Watson • 8월 28, 2019

뉴스레터

Newsom’s learning curve, breaks for low-wage workers, and another city’s homeless spike

State budget provides learning curve for Newsom. Earned Income Tax Credit more than doubles. Canada, California join in climate fight.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 6월 27, 2019

논평

Bringing high-speed rail to California, one building block at a time

Lenny Mendonca, High-Speed Rail Authority chairman: The high-speed rail’s building block approach starting in the Central Valley makes sense. To hear some say that this project is something that is not important to California is insulting. Ensuring that we are all connected is essential to the California Dream. It always has been, and it always will be.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 26, 2019

국회 의사당

Mischief managed? Push for 4 a.m. last call gets a fresh shot with winemaker Gavin Newsom

A bill that would allow 10 California cities to extend last call at bars from 2 to 4 a.m. has a fresh shot at making it to the governor's desk. Will Sen. Scott Wiener's SB 58 get a friendlier reception from winemaker-turned-governor Gavin Newsom?

에 의해 Adria Watson • 5월 23, 2019

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1872 law gives police a license to kill

Shooting first and asking questions later might have been acceptable police conduct in 1872 California. It can’t be in the 21st century.

에 의해 댄 월터스 • 3월 7, 2019

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My turn: Peace in California’s water wars is within grasp

There’s reason for optimism that there can be a truce in California’s water wars. The State Water Board adopted the first phase of a far-reaching revision to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento‒San Joaquin Delta and its watershed. Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom’s support and involvement will be essential to carry this effort to a positive conclusion.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 12월 19, 2018

정치

As the revolving door turns, a Capitol fixer is poised to ascend with Gavin Newsom—and legal weed

Jason Kinney has made a lucrative and powerful career in Sacramento by moving from government to campaigns to industry lobbyist to, now, advisor to Gavin Newsom's transition team. The question is whether he is working for an incoming administration that he will soon seek to influence, as he leaves the lobbying firm, Capitol Strategies.

에 의해 Laurel Rosenhall • 12월 12, 2018