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Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis gives an interview at CalMatters on Sept. 19, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

What would Eleni Kounalakis do next as California lieutenant governor?

by Alexei Koseff September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

In a 50-minute interview with CalMatters, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis talks about what she can and can’t do in the job on higher education, income inequality, offshore oil drilling and other issues. She also discusses her political ambitions.

Students at Piner High School complete a class assignment on Aug. 14, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

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California senator proposes checks for low-income, homeless high school seniors

by Jeanne Kuang April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs responds to a question during his appearance before the Sacramento Press Club on July 10, 2018. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

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Former Stockton mayor launches nonprofit to end poverty in California

by Alejandro Lazo February 10, 2022February 10, 2022

Hundred dollar bills. Image via iStock Photo

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$500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program

by Jesse Bedayn November 30, 2021December 1, 2021

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

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

by Jesse Bedayn July 16, 2021July 21, 2021

A Fresno-area politician wants California to prioritize struggling San Joaquin Valley farmworkers in a proposed pilot program that would put cash in the hands of some the state’s impoverished residents. Photo by Juan Esparza Loera

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Universal basic income for farmworkers? Some leaders are pushing for it

by Melissa Montalvo June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

A firefighting helicopter flies away after dropping water over a brush fire scorching at least 100 acres in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Saturday, May 15, 2021. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

It’s mid-May: Welcome to wildfire season

by Emily Hoeven May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

Diners are seen through the window at Etcetera in San Francisco on March 7, 2021. Restaurants were permitted to re-open for indoor dining starting last week. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California on verge of massive COVID changes

by Emily Hoeven March 12, 2021March 12, 2021

Patients enter Levi’s Stadium to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on Feb. 9 2021 in Santa Clara. The 49ers arena opened on Tuesday as a vaccine distribution site for Santa Clara County residents 65 and older and is expected to inoculate up to 15,000 people per day once supplies become available. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California hurtles into fastest reopening yet

by Emily Hoeven March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

A portrait of Sarah Kane at her home in Cupertino, on Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020. Photo by Randy Vazquez,Bay Area News Group

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‘Lower-pay, higher-risk:’ Coronavirus layoffs send middle-class workers down the economic ladder

by Laurence Du Sault September 28, 2020October 2, 2020