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Assemblymember Alex Lee speaks on the Assembly floor. Photo by Krishnia Parker courtesy of the office of Alex Lee

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Good morning, California. It’s Friday, April 30. Meet Asm. Alex Lee It isn’t even halfway through the legislative year, and three lofty progressive proposals have already been squashed — showcasing the sharp divide within California’s Democrat-dominated Legislature. A bill to create single-payer health care? Tabled last week. A bill to ban corporations and “business entities” from […]

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Emily Hoeven

• April 30, 2021

Helen Duffy, back right, a West Oakland landlord holds up a sign decrying SB 91, a rent relief plan signed into law earlier that day by Gov. Gavin Newsom, during a vigil at the Elihu M. Harris, State of California office building in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2021. Housing advocates fear that the new plan will exclude vulnerable tenants and will not have equitable reach. Photo by Anne Wernikoff. CalMatters

California Divide

Capitol mum on eviction moratorium extension as renters seek more time

With two months left before California’s eviction moratorium ends June 30, political momentum isn’t on the side of tenants for an extension.

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Nigel Duara

• April 29, 2021

Helen Duffy, atrás a la derecha, una propietaria de West Oakland sostiene un letrero en el que se denuncia la SB 91, un plan de alivio de la renta promulgado ese mismo día por el gobernador Gavin Newsom, durante una vigilia en el edificio de oficinas de Elihu M. Harris, estado de California en Oakland el 29 de enero de 2021. Los defensores de la vivienda temen que el nuevo plan excluya a los inquilinos vulnerables y no tenga un alcance equitativo. Foto de Anne Wernikoff. CalMatters

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El Capitolio guarda silencio sobre la extensión de la moratoria de desalojo mientras los inquilinos buscan más tiempo

Con dos meses para que la moratoria de desalojos de California termine el 30 de junio, el impulso político no está del lado de los inquilinos para una extensión.

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Nigel Duara

• April 29, 2021

Oil pumpjacks near Fellows, in Kern County. Photo via iStock

Climate Change

Has California given up its climate ambitions?

I’ve led the state Democratic Party’s environmental caucus for eight years, but I am alienated by leadership that prefers jobs on a dying planet.

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Guest Commentary

• April 19, 2021

Health

‘People are dying as we wait’: Bid to tighten California nursing home oversight sputters

Lawmakers say they'll take no action this year on a bill requiring nursing home owners and operators to get state approval before they acquire, operate or manage a nursing home.

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Jocelyn Wiener

• April 16, 2021