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Category: Video

Students walk near Meiklejohn Hall at California State University East Bay. Al Cal State campuses will begin requiring and ethnic studies course for graduation under a new law. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHigher Education

New law in 1 minute: Cal State requiring ethnic studies class

Mikhail Zinshteyn by Nick Roberts and Mikhail Zinshteyn December 30, 2020December 31, 2020
A patrol car closes off Valencia Street in San Francisco after a group of protesters gathered in front of the Mission Police Station on May 30, 2020, the second day of Bay Area unrest over the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis. Later in the year, lawmakers approved two new laws that aim to improve policing. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group
Posted inJustice

New law in a minute: California aims to improve policing

Byrhonda Lyons by Nick Roberts and Byrhonda Lyons December 29, 2020January 15, 2021
Dozens of mental healthcare workers picket outside of Sacramento Medical Center to protest long wait times for patients and overwhelming case-loads at Kaiser Permanente facilities. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

New law in 1 minute: California widens mental health conditions insurers must cover

Avatar by Nick Roberts and Jocelyn Wiener December 28, 2020December 31, 2020
Mariana with her daughter Genessis, 8, and son Gerardo, 2, while her husband, Gerardo Hector prepared to leave for work on September 7, 2020. The family of four shares a one-bedroom apartment in National City but have fallen behind on rent payment due to Mariana and her husband both losing months of work amid the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inVideo

New laws in 1 minute: California expands paid family leave

Avatar by Nick Roberts and Laurel Rosenhall December 28, 2020December 31, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Expired unemployment boost, EDD debacles sink jobless Californians

Orlando Mayorquin by Orlando Mayorquin November 12, 2020November 13, 2020
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
Posted inCalifornia Divide

First county announces new COVID-19 protections for temporary ag workers

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts September 17, 2020October 7, 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.
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Bill’s defeat keeps undocumented garment workers in meager wages

Nigel Duara by Nigel Duara September 14, 2020September 22, 2020
California confederate monuments
Posted inVideo

Inside California’s surprising history of Confederate monuments

Jacob Ohara by Jacob Ohara July 17, 2020July 17, 2020
Floating hundred dollar bills with Benjamin Franklin depicted in masks. California has a new state spending plan that bears the imprint of the coronavirus pandemic.Image via iStock
Posted inVideo

Californians: What to know about your new state budget, in 2 minutes

Jacob Ohara by Jacob Ohara July 1, 2020July 6, 2020
Facing a dozen ballot measures on their November ballot, voters will be asked to decide the fate of hot issues from taxes to rent control, bail to privacy, and more. Photo via iStock
Posted inElection 2020

Props to you, Californians: A preview of what’s on your November ballot

Avatar by Ben Christopher June 29, 2020October 1, 2020

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