From CalMatters economy reporter Levi Sumagaysay: California, whose unemployment rate has been at 5% and above for the past couple of years, is likely to see a weak job market through at least early next year, according to the winter UCLA Anderson forecast published this week.  Authors of the longtime economic forecast cited continued uncertainty […]

Trump has cut funding to Medicaid, which pays for many services for students with disabilities. He also gutted the Office of Civil Rights, which helps enforce disability law.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is a longtime ally of the tech industry. Asked about its leaders’ rightward shift, he downplayed the moves while still offering some criticism.

Communities, labor, and government will each play a role in building the 2.5 million homes that Californians need.

From CalMatters homelessness reporter Marisa Kendall: There are still people living on streets and sidewalks throughout the state, but Californians are starting to care a little less about the issue of homelessness, according to a recent survey.  Only 37% of Californians asked in October said they were “very concerned” about homelessness — down from 58% […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Santa Clara County and San Francisco are suing the Trump administration over a huge shift in homelessness policy.

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A few moments of controversy have touched an otherwise sleepy, wide open race to be California’s next governor.

For many migrant and immigrant farmworkers in California who do not have legal status, mobile medical clinics are their only access to health care. But as President Donald Trump’s administration continues its crackdown on immigrants, vulnerable farmworker patients are delaying care out of fears of deportation. As CalMatters’ Larry Valenzuela explains in a visual essay, […]

This article is also available in English. Read it here. En un caluroso día de verano, decenas de jornaleros hicieron una pausa en su trabajo de recolección de chiles en un campo remoto a 42 kilómetros de Fresno y acudieron a una clínica médica temporal. Era una oportunidad para recoger medicamentos y hacerse evaluaciones básicas […]