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Tag: essential services

child care
Posted inMy Turn

Childcare is essential work, and it’s in crisis

Avatar by Guest Commentary December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

Child care providers need the state of California, which is responsible for most of our pay and working conditions, to adapt – just like we have.

Posted inMy Turn

State policies must support a vibrant nonprofit community

Avatar by Guest Commentary October 26, 2020October 21, 2020
CalMatters is tracking lawsuits against California's shelter-in-place order and other pandemic responses. Photography by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters; elements via iStock
Posted inCoronavirus

Supreme Court lifts California ban on indoor church: Latest on all anti-Newsom shutdown suits

Avatar by Ben Christopher May 11, 2020February 7, 2021
Cages of ventilators, part of a shipment of 400, are displayed, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse where they will be distributed. Photo by Mark Lennihan, AP Photo
Posted inWhatMatters

CA gives feds 500 ventilators

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven April 7, 2020April 6, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

Newsom: I have a responsibility to do better

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven April 6, 2020April 5, 2020
Childrens’ cubbies at Happy face family preschool. Director/Owner Elena Ramirez hopes to fill vacancies with the children of first responders and other essential workers who must still go to work. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

As coronavirus upends California, question remains: Who’ll watch the kids?

Avatar by Elizabeth Aguilera March 21, 2020June 8, 2020
A restaurant employee in the doorway of a taqueria in Berkeley, California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCoronavirus

Who is ‘essential’ now that Californians have to stay home?

Avatar by Ben Christopher March 20, 2020March 21, 2020
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