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Electricity rates
Posted inMy Turn

Californians should be seeing red over electricity rate hikes

by Guest Commentary June 14, 2021June 12, 2021

New bill would limit sky-high fees that enrich utilities at the expense of ratepayers, but legislators may need a push.

A man dumping a wheelbarrow full of bills. On suspense file day, California legislators killed dozens of bills.
Posted inPolitics

Suspense file day: Which controversial bills did California legislators kill?

by Laurel Rosenhall May 20, 2021August 20, 2021
California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCommentary

Offloading two of California’s civic embarrassments

by Dan Walters May 5, 2021May 4, 2021
Microplastics collected in the San Francisco Bay Area are identified and labeled accordingly for an ongoing study in a lab headed by Chelsea Rochman, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Photo by Cole Brookson courtesy of Rochman Lab
Posted inEnvironment

Premature or precautionary? California is first to tackle microplastics in drinking water

by Rachel Becker March 15, 2021August 3, 2021
Los microplásticos recolectados en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco se identifican y etiquetan para la investigación en un laboratorio dirigido por Chelsea Rochman, profesora asistente de la Universidad de Toronto. California está a punto de establecer las primeras pautas del mundo para los microplásticos en el agua potable. Foto de Cole Brookson cortesía de Rochman Lab
Posted inCalMatters en Español

¿Prematuro o precautorio? California es el primero en abordar los microplásticos en el agua potable

by Rachel Becker March 15, 2021March 15, 2021
Alice Crisci gave birth to her son Dante years after paying out-of-pocket to preserve her fertility, which was jeopardized by her cancer treatment. Photo by Iris Schneider for CalMatters
Posted inHealth

California at odds over whether to make insurers cover infertility treatments

by Elizabeth Aguilera September 3, 2019June 23, 2020
Section 8 voucher holder struggles to find an apartment in Fresno.
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Lawmakers tackle a severe housing shortage for renters who have federal vouchers

by Manuela Tobias and Jackie Botts August 28, 2019February 27, 2020
Posted inJustice

As gun control efforts advance in California Capitol, opponents bank on the courts

by Ben Christopher August 21, 2019June 23, 2020
Posted inEducation, Inside the Capitol, K-12 Education, Politics

Later school bells, alternative testing: California lawmakers try again on quashed K-12 bills

by Ricardo Cano April 18, 2019June 23, 2020
San Jose Housing Development, photo by Sean O'Flaherty via Wikimedia Commons
Posted inCommentary, My Turn

Solving California’s housing crisis demands action. These steps will help

by Guest Commentary March 27, 2019

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