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Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, a San Diego Democrat, says goodbye to colleagues after she announced her resignation from the state assembly today. January 3, 2022. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters

Labor’s top ally resigns from Legislature

by Emily Hoeven January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, a key union backer in the California Legislature, will step down to take over the California Labor Federation.

Veronica Vieyra, San Jose State University Class of 2021 graduate poses for a photograph on campus in San Jose on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Vieyra is one of 72 foster youth to receive payments of $1,000 a month in Santa Clara county’s first guaranteed basic income pilot program. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group

California Divide

Universal basic income? California moves to be first state to fund pilot efforts

by Jesse Bedayn July 16, 2021July 21, 2021

It’s time to play Newsom lingo bingo

by Ben Christopher and John Osborn D'Agostino May 19, 2021May 18, 2021

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California leads our national recovery, despite perpetual naysayers

by Guest Commentary May 17, 2021June 29, 2021

Demonstrators hold up a banner in front of an apartment building in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland to protest rent payment and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 5, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Protect families from homelessness; extend eviction moratorium

by Guest Commentary May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

Los manifestantes sostienen una pancarta frente a un edificio de apartamentos en el vecindario Adams Point de Oakland para protestar por el pago de la renta y los desalojos durante la pandemia de coronavirus el 5 de diciembre de 2020. Foto de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters

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Opinión: Para proteger a las familias de la falta de vivienda; extender la moratoria de desalojo

by Guest Commentary May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

The state has left the operation of Country Villa Plaza and 17 other nursing homes in licensing limbo for more than five years. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

“Broken” nursing home oversight

by Ben Christopher April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

Stacy Lira and her husband, Armando, outside of their home in Victorville on March 29, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Amid California’s unemployment crisis, a tech gold rush

by Lauren Hepler April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

Gov. Newsom waves to virtual guests during the State of the State address at Dodger Stadium on March 9, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Democrats have Newsom’s back as recall campaign ramps up

by Laurel Rosenhall March 16, 2021March 16, 2021

Jill Borges, far right, a teacher at Cupertino High School, protests school closings in the Cupertino and Sunnyvale school districts with her three children, from left to right, Emry, 9, Cruz, 7, and Brooklyn, 9, in front of Fremont High School in Sunnyvale on Feb. 23, 2021. Photo by Nhat V. Meyer, Bay Area News Group

Who has the power to reopen California classrooms?

by Laurel Rosenhall February 26, 2021March 9, 2021