Federal and local prosecutors unveil new cases and a guilty plea, while asking: Who was actually watching the books at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority?
Posted inCalMatters en Español
California quiere prohibir el matrimonio infantil. ¿Por qué estos grupos de derechos civiles intentan impedirlo?
En California, el matrimonio es legal para cualquier persona menor de 18 años. Sin embargo, esto podría cambiar con un proyecto de ley que se encuentra en el despacho del gobernador Newsom, a pesar de los esfuerzos de la ACLU y Planned Parenthood por proteger esta práctica.
Posted inCalMatters en Español
Juez: Los agentes de inmigración deben dejar de realizar arrestos sin orden judicial
Un juez de Los Ángeles dictaminó que los agentes federales de inmigración probablemente violaron la Constitución al no evaluar el riesgo de fuga al realizar arrestos sin orden judicial.
Posted inEconomy
CalPERS CEO lands seven-figure bonus — her first — as pension fund extends run of good returns
CalPERS Chief Executive Marcie Frost earned $387,000 in 2017. She’ll take home at least $1.7 million this year after being awarded a record bonus.
Posted inJustice
California’s tough on crime law promised treatment. Here’s why people are falling through the cracks
California’s Prop. 36 gave certain people facing criminal charges an option to have their cases dropped if they complete drug treatment. Now, counties are on their own to figure out how to provide it.
Posted inCommentary
Newsom and legislators withhold school funds while state blows money on pork and luxury travel
While the state withheld $3.9 billion from schools, it spent $1.3 billion on pork projects and $600,000 on train consultants’ questionable luxury travel bills, reports say.
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LA mayoral rivals clash over public safety and the police chief but miss key issues
Mayor Karen Bass’ challenger, Councilmember Nithya Raman, says LA has lost confidence in Chief Jim McDonnell. That prompted Bass to back him, even as police protect ICE agents and draw the public’s anger.
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From slavery to riches: A founding mother of Black Los Angeles finally gets her due
Biddy Mason, while enslaved in California, sued and won her freedom. Then she bought and developed CA land and launched a church and a school. Now LA is renaming a park for her.
Posted inPolitics
California wants to ban child marriage. Why are these civil rights groups trying to stop it?
It’s legal for anyone under 18 in California to get married. That may change with a bill on Gov. Newsom’s desk, despite efforts by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to protect the practice.
Posted inHealth
He championed vaccine mandates. Will that record help him unseat a party-shifting conservative?
In one of California’s newly created congressional districts, candidates diverge sharply on healthcare issues, but most voters agree healthcare costs too much.