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A housekeeper cleans a room at the Colonial Motel in Santa Maria on July 15, 2020. The motel is one of the locations where Alco Harvesting houses H-2A farmworkers. Photo by Len Wood, Santa Maria Times

Strawberry-producing Santa Barbara County announces new COVID-19 protections for temporary ag workers

by Jackie Botts September 17, 2020September 18, 2020

Santa Barbara County adopts new rules aimed at preventing COVID-19 outbreaks among H-2A farmworkers. The move comes amid reports of outbreaks, including a monthlong investigation by CalMatters and The Salinas Californian that uncovered outbreaks that sickened more than 350.

Our Election 2020 crossword puzzle lets you see how much you know about California, its 2020 election and far-flung trivia. Image via iStock

Election 2020: The California Crossword edition

by Ben Christopher September 16, 2020September 17, 2020

Gimme Props: A guide to the 2020 California propositions

by John Osborn D'Agostino September 15, 2020September 16, 2020

Francisco Tzul, a garment worker in Los Angeles, CA sits in The Garment Worker Center during his lunch break on Sept. 11,2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.

Bill’s defeat keeps undocumented garment workers in meager wages

by Nigel Duara September 14, 2020September 22, 2020

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks poses with her newborn baby on the assembly floor as Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris snaps a photo with her phone on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Podcast: Buffy Wicks on the eviction deal and the duplex debacle

by Matt Levin September 8, 2020September 8, 2020

The State Capitol in Sacramento, California, September 10, 2015. California Bills.

On the verge of becoming law: These 2020 bills are up to California’s governor

by CalMatters August 31, 2020September 25, 2020

Rep. Maxine Waters speaks with attendees at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco on June 1, 2019. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr

Podcast: Rep. Maxine Waters on eviction cliff, Newsom’s pandemic response

by Matt Levin August 21, 2020August 25, 2020

Jamie Burson sits on the bed of her motel room in Farfield on August 4, 2020. Burson, who has been living between her car and motels since being evicted in April, says she feels unsafe at the motel and plans to move again later later today. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Exclusive: More than 1,600 Californians have been evicted during pandemic

by Matt Levin, Nigel Duara and Erica Yee August 11, 2020September 16, 2020

In this aerial photo, a burned neighborhood is seen in Paradise, California on November 15, 2018. - The toll in the deadliest wildfires in recent California history climbed to 59 on November 14, 2018, as authorities released a list of 130 people still missing. Photo by JOSH EDELSON, AFP via Getty Images

See how wildfires endanger older Californians — and it’s getting worse

by Lo Bénichou, Molly Peterson and Lisa Pickoff-White August 10, 2020September 16, 2020

Window with a closed sign due to the closure of almost all businesses amid the Coronavirus outbreak, Downtown Los Angeles, April 11 2020. Photo by Ana M Amortegui via iStock

Filing for unemployment? Here’s how California is scrambling to respond

by Lauren Hepler and Stephen Council July 30, 2020August 6, 2020