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Trying to help mentally ill jail inmates, trying to quit cars, and the $3 billion cash crop

Legislator wants money for mentally ill inmates. California looks for new ways to get people out of cars. State leads the way in super commutes.

By

Dan Morain

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Barbara Harvey

• August 16, 2019

WhatMatters

Blowback on ethnic studies, mental illness, fighting to save forests, and cannabis

A look at mental illness through the lens of families. New ethnic studies curriculum met with criticism. Jerry Brown's school funding formula is graded.

By

Dan Morain

• August 9, 2019

WhatMatters

California’s lobbying boom, new firefighting tools, and the recycling crisis

California's lobbying industry booms, boosting a Newsom adviser. Firefighters get new tools. Officials face a garbage crisis.

By

Dan Morain

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Barbara Harvey

• August 2, 2019

WhatMatters

Safe water, opioid sales, CBD, and a charity runs afoul of Xavier Becerra

California could be facing a drinking water crisis. Opioid seller faces sanction. Cannabis firm told to stop claiming health benefits of CBD.

By

Dan Morain

and

Barbara Harvey

• July 25, 2019

WhatMatters

Cell phones, Juul, pregnancy, and Lou Holtz’s leadership lesson

Good morning, California. “We can’t have two Californias.”—Lenny Mendonca, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chief economic and business adviser, to the Washington Post’s Scott Wilson for a story about booming Bakersfield’s cool side. Bakersfield Sound fans knew it all along. What’s ahead for your phone California is about to take center stage in the proposed $26.5 billion […]

By

Dan Morain

and

Barbara Harvey

• July 22, 2019