Lorena Gonzalez

Starting Jan. 1, adults have until at least their 40th birthday to file claims against people and institutions they seek to hold responsible for sexual molestation or sexual assault they experienced as children. It's the second to be featured in our CalMatters #CALaws2020 video playlist of laws that take effect next year.

Santa Ana winds bring power shutdowns. State uses technology as new front in wildfires battle. Trump sues state over climate change program.

California sues Trump administration over tailpipe emissions laws. State looks to combat Amazon deforestation. 'Public charge' rule sows fear.

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a Democrat from San Diego, is among California’s more powerful state lawmakers and an ally of labor unions. This year, she led the fight to win new protections for gig workers, and won passage of a landmark workplace bill, AB 5. To launch our new video series of political profiles, “The Deciders,” […]

Turning paper victories into a meaningful labor movement with more private-sector members could take work, even in pro-labor California.

AB 5 would upend longstanding employment practices that have seeped into the Democratic presidential debate about how workers should be treated, particularly in today’s gig economy.

California is poised to pass a sweeping labor bill that would turn drivers into employees. Gig companies demand lawmakers forge a new path.

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash commit $90 million to fund a ballot fight unless lawmakers agree to a new employment model for gig workers.

In what could be another reflection of California's newly relevant role in the presidential primary, Elizabeth Warren penned an op-ed supporting a California bill that would make it harder for companies to classify workers as "independent contractors." 

Presidential challengers hoping to glide to victory through California’s newly relevant primary, a heads-up: Your electoral fate may hinge on convincing enough left-leaning millennials to send postcards over the winter holiday season.