A California single payer healthcare bill advanced out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, but a bigger vote could be next week.
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A rough day for Gavin Newsom
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, June 24. Things go up in flames The wind wasn’t blowing in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s direction Wednesday. First came the CapRadio investigation that found the governor vastly overstated the amount of land treated with fuel breaks and prescribed burns to prevent wildfires from harming California’s most vulnerable communities. Newsom claimed in January […]
Posted inMy Turn
Professionals, not police, should respond to mental health crises
Assembly Bill 988 would lay the groundwork for a 988 mental health crisis hotline, creating an alternative to 911.
Posted inWhatMatters
10,000 unemployment claims backlogged per day — claims paused for 2 weeks
Planning on applying for unemployment benefits? Well, you won’t be able to do so for the next two weeks. California’s beleaguered unemployment department is putting a pause on new claims until Oct. 5 to give it time to implement an automatic identity-verification tool to speed up processing times. The move follows recommendations outlined in a […]
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Tapping into solar-charged batteries could help prevent blackouts
Changing regulations in California would help keep the lights on by enabling customer-owned solar-charged batteries to provide energy to the grid.
Posted inInside the Capitol, Justice, Politics
Factions take shape as California advances nationally watched police shooting bill
First-in-the-nation standards for deadly force in policing advanced Tuesday in California, but fault lines emerged in the Assembly, where past efforts have stalled.
Posted inPolitics
Concern for ‘defrauded and victimized’ students spurs calls for tighter for-profit college oversight
New legislation would make major changes to the standards for-profit colleges must meet to operate in California, and the state bureau regulating the industry has been reorganized.
Posted inElection 2018
Lara wins for state insurance commissioner—another loss for California right-of-center candidates
Adding insult to the debilitating injury California’s Republican Party sustained on Election Day, Democratic state Sen. Ricardo Lara has beaten Republican-turned-political independent Steve Poizner to become the the state’s next insurance commissioner.
Posted inElection 2018, Politics
Jerry Brown praises her—so why are Democrats trying to defeat her?
As Assembly Democrats and the California Democratic Party seek a two-thirds majority in the Legislature, they’ve poured $527,000 since Oct. 1 into the campaign to unseat Catharine Baker, the last Republican to hold a Bay Area legislative seat.