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Fast-food workers and other SEIU members marched to the Capitol to deliver postcards and petitions in support of AB257 to the Governor's Office on May 31, 2022. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters

California Divide: Workplace

Newsom signs bill to regulate wages for fast food workers

by Jeanne Kuang August 30, 2022September 16, 2022

The governor announced his decision on Labor Day. Supporters swayed moderate Democrats by removing a provision that would have put fast food corporations on the hook for labor violations at franchise locations.

Rodrigo Hernandez, 50, finishes up a car after washing it outside of the CLEAN Carwash Worker Center, in Los Angeles on July 21, 2022. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

California Divide

Wage Theft: Car wash workers in $2.3 million case await pay 3 years later

by Alejandro Lazo and Lil Kalish August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Fast food workers from across California rallied at the state Capitol in Sacramento, urging lawmakers to pass AB 257. Aug. 16, 2022, Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

California Divide: Workplace

California’s fast food bill could link chains to wage theft and other workplace violations

by Jeanne Kuang August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

New police accountability laws up demands on state agencies

by Nigel Duara and Byrhonda Lyons July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

Students at Piner High School complete a class assignment on Aug. 14, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California Divide

California senator proposes checks for low-income, homeless high school seniors

by Jeanne Kuang April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

June 24 1961, is the date Susan married her now deceased husband, Harry "Punky" McClellan. The photos were put together by daughter Coreen during the time her father was residing in a nursing home. Susan recently strung the photos together and placed them in her bedroom, "this keeps me sane," McClellan says. Dec 4, 2021. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMatters

The case of the vanishing fine: How a massive nursing home penalty eluded consumer detection

by Jocelyn Wiener December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

A nursing home related illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

From maggots to sex abuse, nursing homes sue California to overturn citations, fines

by Barbara Feder Ostrov December 6, 2021December 4, 2021

Humboldt State University Dorms, Canyon Apartments on July 18, 2021. Photo by Patrick Garcia for CalMatters College Journalism Network

Higher Education

Exclusive: Cal State blunder may mean loss of 3,000 new student housing beds

by Mikhail Zinshteyn November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

Outgunned: The story of a woman, an abuser, and California’s failing gun control

by Robert Lewis November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

David Walter stands for a portrait at Encino Park in Encino on March 23, 2021. David is an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley lecturing on humanities and creative writing. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Higher Education

UC workforce churn: Why a quarter of lecturers don’t return each year

by Mikhail Zinshteyn October 5, 2021October 5, 2021