Economic Inequality

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Revised proposal to reform California’s rooftop solar program doesn’t go far enough

On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission will vote on a controversial reform of the state's rooftop solar program. Proponents who want to scale back subsidies and eliminate the "cost shift" on poorer households argue that the revised proposal doesn't go far enough.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 13, 2022

Inside the Newsroom

Californians represent their struggles with wage theft claims in CalMatters, CatchLight project

Visual journalism project gives California residents a platform to explain their unique stories across the state.

经过 Sonya Quick • 12 月 13, 2022

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‘When they took the foundation, everything started crumbling’: California group fights eminent domain, racism

Where is My Land aims to help Black families regain property, sometimes decades after a government takes it. Though hundreds seek this help, founder Kavon Ward says her group focuses on a few cases at a time.

经过 Levi Kalish • 12 月 5, 2022

经济

Is California’s beleaguered jobless benefits agency ready for a recession?

California’s Employment Development Department struggled to keep up with the demands of the pandemic. But a potential recession isn’t likely to be as intense, and the department has made several changes that could smooth the process of getting benefits.

经过 Grace Gedye • 12 月 5, 2022

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Poverty drops in California but only because of child tax credit, COVID relief funds

If you haven’t filed for a child tax credit, now’s the time to do it. A deadline approaches.

经过 温迪·弗莱 • 11 月 7, 2022

重要的事情

California sends contradictory economic signals

When it comes to California’s economy, the numbers tell wildly different and seemingly incompatible stories — leading to competing narratives ahead of the Nov. 8 election as residents identify jobs, the economy and inflation as the top issues facing the state. Take GDP: On the one hand, Gov. Gavin Newsom is trumpeting a Bloomberg opinion […]

经过 Emily Hoeven • 10 月 26, 2022

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Agency battling wage theft in California is too short-staffed to do its job

The state is a national leader in labor law, experts say, but its agency enforcing wage theft rules in California still struggles to staff up.

经过 亚历杭德罗·拉佐, 邝婧 和 Julie Watts • 10 月 17, 2022

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‘I’m already stressing out’: Families to face bigger bills for subsidized child care as California ends waivers

For the last two years, some families who receive subsidized child care got a waiver from the fees they pay to participate. But the waiver will end next year after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have extended it, citing an expected decrease in state revenue.

经过 伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉 • 10 月 7, 2022

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State withdraws plans to limit California LifeLine internet and cell phone discount for low-income users

Assembly members and disgruntled Californians urged the California Public Utilities Commission to keep low-income subsidies as is.

经过 Levi Kalish • 10 月 7, 2022

健康

Health care workers union is using ballot measures to remedy low wages amid a workforce shortage

The state’s health care workers union has placed measures on the ballot in two California cities that would raise the minimum wage at private facilities. Critics fear hospitals and other facilities would pass on the costs to consumers.

经过 安娜·B·伊瓦拉 • 10 月 5, 2022