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Soda taxes, unions and California’s ongoing water crisis

by Dan Morain February 21, 2019

Another teachers strike. Public employee unions take a hit in numbers. Becerra polices the police. And the soda tax is back.

Electricity crisis hits Edison and SDG&E, and the L.A. school strike ends

by Dan Morain January 23, 2019

Fixing the strike, keeping PG&E’s lights on and selling weed

by Dan Morain January 15, 2019

Students are joining teachers in the rain today on the picket line at Marshall High School in Los Angeles, as an LAUSD teachers strike began. Photo by David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News

It didn’t fix the L.A. teacher strike, but Newsom’s pension idea would help schools, anyway

by Ricardo Cano January 13, 2019June 23, 2020

‘Lock the door and throw away the key’: As strike looms, LAUSD asks Newsom to intercede

by Ricardo Cano January 11, 2019June 23, 2020

LAUSD teachers march in solidarity in mid-December in downtown Los Angeles as a threatened January 10 strike date looms.

Strike, recession, homelessness: What will test Governor Newsom in 2019

by Dan Morain January 2, 2019July 8, 2019

OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 10: Teachers and students from Oakland High School take part in a walkout to protest an impasse in contract negotiations on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

If teachers strike at Los Angeles Unified School District, don’t expect it to stay in L.A.

by Ricardo Cano December 27, 2018June 23, 2020

Tiffany Stelle and Donald Hui, teachers at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, joined a tailgating action over stalled contract talks. An agreement has since been reached. Photography by Penni Gladstone for CALmatters

California teacher pension debt swamps school budgets

by Jessica Calefati July 22, 2018June 23, 2020