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The AB 3121 Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans meets in Oakland on Dec. 14, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

California Divide

California reparations task force aims at more than dollars, seeks policies to prevent harm

by Wendy Fry January 26, 2023January 25, 2023

The task force members are discussing monetary and nonmonetary reparations ideas to compensate for slavery and racism. Some say they want policies to prevent future harms against Black Californians.

A prep cook works in the kitchen of a San Francisco restaurant on May 14, 2020. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

California Divide

A Workers’ Guide to Wage Theft: What to do if your boss steals your wages

by Lil Kalish November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

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

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