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A group of five people, dressed in professional attire, sit on chairs on a stage in front of a crowd, with a banner behind them reading “Governor Candidate Forum.” Four of the five people sitting on stage have their hands up to answer the question while a crowd of people watches in the dark.

No clear frontrunner for governor, but new poll names five with the best shot

A poll shows three Democrats and two Republicans have voter support percentages in the teens. The top two vote-getters in June will face off in November.

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A person in medical protective clothing, wearing a face mask and a hair net, pushes a hospital gurney through a hallway inside a hospital, viewed from an open door.

She spent six of her last years in arbitration with her HMO. Her husband’s still fighting the system

Arbitrators in medical disputes are supposed to be unbiased, but this couple suspected there is an incentive to favor HMO’s in arbitration.

By Stephen Martinez

Two people face each other as they speak: the person on the left has a happy expression and her arm to her chest, while the person on the right wears a grey suit jacket and glasses. Both people are standing in a park area on a sunny day. In the background is a fence to a baseball field.

A former political ally tests LA liberals’ allegiance to Mayor Karen Bass

Mayor Karen Bass isn't vulnerable on her right, but she may be on her left, as City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a Democratic Socialist and ex-supporter, runs against her.

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Jim Newton

A close-up view of a person's hand holding a sign that reads "We wants answers! No more deaths!" and they stand at the front steps of a building surrounded by other people holding signs.

California promised accountability for inmate deaths in jails. A year later, no results.

Lawmakers passed a law creating a state department to review inmate deaths, but it hasn’t completed a single death review in its first year.

By David Myers

Police aren’t the only ones who can make communities safer

Maurice Goens, Advance Peace: Police are the only solution to battling street violence. In Stockton, the community group, Advance Peace, is helping stop shootings.

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• 7 月 10, 2019

Local tax conflict heats up

The vote required to enact special purpose taxes for local governments is legally up in the air after a San Francisco judge validated two tax measures that didn't receive two-thirds voter support.

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• 7 月 10, 2019

Lawmakers must protect the California Consumer Privacy Act, not weaken it

Kids today are tracked like no other generation. Click by click, site by site, companies track every move kids—and all consumers—make online. That’s because our data and our viewing habits are worth a lot of money. For today’s kids, personal information, activities, hobbies, and networks are exposed and often for sale from birth, making kids […]

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• 7 月 9, 2019

In-Home Supportive Service workers deserve better

RE: “New state budget a windfall for unions,” July 4, 2019. People across California bust their butts to take care of their family members and others in the In-Home Supportive Services program while barely making minimum wage. Yet CALmatters commentator Dan Walters seems alarmed because they now have a little more “leverage” to try to get decent […]

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• 7 月 9, 2019

Californians fall prey to high interest credit card loans while in exam chairs. Here’s a fix

By Holly J. Mitchell and Jen Flory, Special to CalMatters There are few more nerve-racking experiences than sitting in a dentist’s chair writhing from severe pain. You trust the dentist to fix the problem, relinquishing yourself to his or her care, while under pain medication. Sitting in that dentist’s chair, the last thing on your mind […]

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• 7 月 8, 2019

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Agencies stall on public records access

On paper, California has some of the nation’s best open records laws, the latest of which allows access to previously secret information about police misconduct. However, passing a sunshine law is one thing, while applying it may be entirely different. That’s currently being demonstrated vis-à-vis the aforementioned law granting access to police misconduct records. The […]

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• 7 月 8, 2019

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California: Shining example or third-world state?

Recent weeks have seen a debate of sorts about the image and reality of contemporary California. Is it, as Gov. Gavin Newsom contends, a nation-state proving that economic prosperity, multiculturism and social progress can advance together? “California is what America is going to look like,” he told a television interviewer. “California is America’s coming attraction.” […]

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• 7 月 7, 2019

California needs Sites Reservoir. Here’s why

California’s aging water infrastructure desperately needs an upgrade. Shorter, more intense rain storms, less snowpack and more prolonged stretches of drought reflect the reality of climate change. There’s no one project, no single action, that will save California from a dry and unreliable water future. We need a broad portfolio of solutions that includes storage […]

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• 7 月 7, 2019

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California: Shining example or third-world state?

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• 7 月 7, 2019

Reader Reactions

Why PG&E rescue plan makes sense

RE: “Hedge funds’ proposal to ‘rescue’ PG&E is probably too good to be true,” July 5, 2019. Former Assemblyman Mike Gatto made inaccurate and misleading claims about the proposal outlined in a recent court filing made by the Ad Hoc Committee of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Bondholders. Here are the facts: The committee is comprised of a diverse […]

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• 7 月 6, 2019

加州之声

Viewpoints from across California