David Chiu

Complex rules and landlord resistance are limiting the success of an unprecedented effort to help tenants. Advocacy groups are concerned what will happen after a statewide eviction moratorium ends June 30.

Las reglas complejas y la resistencia de los propietarios están limitando el éxito de un esfuerzo sin precedentes para ayudar a los inquilinos. Los grupos de defensa están preocupados por lo que sucederá después de que finalice una moratoria de desalojo en todo el estado el 30 de junio.

Howdy, California. It’s Wednesday, April 7. This is CalMatters politics reporter Ben Christopher filling in for Emily Hoeven who really is still on vacation. Await the ides of June California’s collective year-long ordeal spent shuttered and sheltered-in-place finally has a tentative expiration date: June 15. Assuming all goes as planned, that’s the day that California […]

AB 1087 charts a new course for climate resilience that makes investments in communities so they can be prepared for disasters.

The state’s unemployment agency has signed $236 million in private contracts as jobless workers await benefits. EDD says it needs the outside help.

La agencia de desempleo del estado ha firmado $236 millones en contratos privados mientras los trabajadores desempleados esperan beneficios. EDD dice que necesita ayuda externa.

The Atlanta shootings and other recent attacks on Asian Americans have prompted state lawmakers to resurrect past bills, but hurdles remain in documenting and prosecuting hate crimes.

Los tiroteos de Atlanta y otros ataques recientes contra estadounidenses de origen asiático han llevado a los legisladores estatales a resucitar proyectos de ley anteriores, pero siguen existiendo obstáculos para documentar y enjuiciar los delitos de odio.

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, March 18. Surge in anti-Asian hate Pressure is mounting on Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint an Asian American or Pacific Islander attorney general amid a surge in anti-Asian harassment and violence, including Tuesday shootings in Atlanta in which a man killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian […]

California’s coffers — already overflowing with a $25.3 billion surplus — could soon see another massive infusion of cash. California’s state and local governments are set to reap $40 billion of the $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package that narrowly passed the Senate on Saturday and which President Joe Biden is expected to sign this week […]