Will voters in the California recall blame Gavin Newsom for backlogged unemployment claims and billions in fraud? Republican candidates are counting on it.
Lawmakers propose to stop collecting child support debt owed to the government in cases where a parent’s only source of income comes from certain cash assistance programs. But advocates had asked the Legislature to go farther by forgiving old, uncollectible debt and to stop imposing a 10% interest.
Whites make up a little more than a third of California’s population but nearly two-thirds of its Superior Court judges. Advocates are devising ways to get more people of color into law and onto the bench.
During the height of the pandemic, the state clawed stimulus and unemployment checks from parents who owe child support debt to the government. The Newsom administration put a stop to the practice by the time the second stimulus checks went out, but California still retained a record $430 million in 2020.
Read this article in English. Si Billy McCasland hubiera recibido su cheque de estímulo de $1,200, habría mudado a su familia fuera de la casa de Modesto que, según el pediatra, es responsable de la intoxicación por plomo de su hijo de 7 años. El padre soltero de Los Ángeles, Gabriel López, dijo que esperaba llevar […]