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President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 8, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Andrew Harnik, AP Photo
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Guns, fire and mule parades
TGIF, California! It’s April 9. This is CalMatters politics reporter Ben Christopher. Emily Hoeven will be back in your inbox on Monday. Biden goes California on guns After yet another wave of mass shootings, including one in Orange County, President Biden took aim at gun violence Thursday — and a page from California’s playbook. In […]
By • April 9, 2021
Una investigación de CalMatters plantea interrogantes sobre la supervisión de los hogares de ancianos en California y su proceso de concesión de licencias. Imagen a través de iStock
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La supervisión de California de los asilos de ancianos se llama ‘desconcertante’, ‘rota’
Read this article in English.      Una investigación de CalMatters revela un proceso de concesión de licencias opaco para los hogares de ancianos de California, plagado de indecisiones y contradicciones. Los funcionarios han permitido que el propietario de un asilo de ancianos más grande del estado y sus empresas operen 18 hogares durante años sin poder decidir […]
By • April 6, 2021
Patients receive COVID-19 vaccines at a mass drive-thru vaccination site at Oakland Coliseum on Feb. 26, 2021. The site which is run as a partnership between state and federal organizations can vaccinate up to 6,000 people daily. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
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Mad rush for vaccine as millions become eligible
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, April 1. Future J&J supply halted Today, California’s vaccine floodgates will open to millions of people 50 and over — even as some mass vaccination sites close due to a lack of doses and health officials warn of weeks-long appointment backlogs.  Lynda Hopkins, chair of the Sonoma County Board of […]
By • April 1, 2021
Assemblymember Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference announcing his nomination as the new Attorney General at International Hotel Manilatown center in San Francisco on March 24, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
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Newsom’s AG pick = new criminal justice approach
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, March 25. Bonta a win for progressives By nominating Assemblymember Rob Bonta to be California’s next attorney general, Gov. Gavin Newsom is priming the state to take a significantly different approach to criminal justice — one that could help him shore up progressive support ahead of a likely recall election, […]
By • March 25, 2021
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Two audits tell the tale: How California failed to detect unemployment fraud
The extent to which California’s unemployment department has failed to address rampant fraud came into clearer focus on Thursday, when the state auditor released her second report of the week on the Employment Development Department. Despite repeated warnings from federal authorities that fraudsters would target California, EDD waited six months and processed 7.4 million claims […]
By • January 29, 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his 2021-2022 state budget proposal during a news conference in Sacramento, Jan. 8, 2021. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool
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Newsom to unveil new vaccine appointment site
This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom will unveil a pilot program to help counties, cities and other entities schedule vaccine appointments, I’ve exclusively learned. The move, which comes sooner than expected, underscores the state’s rush to streamline a chaotic rollout that has resulted in Californians developing their own online platforms to centralize and decipher a dizzying […]
By • January 21, 2021

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