Shirley Weber

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's selection of Assemblyman Rob Bonta as attorney general was an inevitable result of identity politics.

The ethnic studies curriculum will be a historic win for communities and students that public schools have traditionally ignored.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, March 2. Third time’s the charm? The school reopening deal Gov. Gavin Newsom and top lawmakers unveiled Monday stops short of requiring campuses to reopen — raising questions about whether it will actually accelerate students’ return to the classroom. The $6.6 billion proposal would incentivize schools to bring their youngest […]

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 […]

The problems keep racking up for California’s vaccine rollout. State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan on Sunday recommended providers stop administering doses from a specific batch of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine following “a higher-than-usual number” of possibly severe allergic reactions at a mass vaccination site in San Diego. Although fewer than 10 people appeared to experience […]

See whether lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly reflect your demographics with this interactive tool.

Vea si los legisladores en el Senado y la Asamblea estatales reflejan su demografía con esta herramienta interactiva.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, January 5. New strategies on the way Three weeks after doses of the coronavirus vaccine began arriving in California, only 35% of them have ended up in people’s arms — raising questions about the effectiveness of the state’s vaccination strategy at a critical phase in the pandemic. California has administered […]

Seventy years ago, sharecroppers David and Mildred Nash refused to back down in a dispute with a white farmer, and fled from a lynch mob in Hope, Arkansas. With their 2-year-old daughter in tow, they found a new home out west in a place so different her grandfather, who would die without ever being able […]

The appointments of Alex Padilla and Shirley Weber point to the value for voters to be able to see themselves in their elected officials.