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‘Unaccompanied women’ experiencing homelessness in L.A. are being left behind

by Guest Commentary September 28, 2020September 25, 2020

If the L.A. County Board of Supervisors designates unaccompanied women as an official subpopulation of the homeless, it will help change lives.

Senator Ling Ling Change listens to witnesses during a hearing on AB 1054 which would create a fund to help pay fire-related claims, in the senate Energy, Utilities and Commerce subcommittee on July 8, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Will politics trump gender in California this election year?

by Guest Commentary September 26, 2020September 24, 2020

Food security, ability to pay rent and loss of low-wage jobs are three areas where economic disparities in California are most visible amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photos by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

How COVID is deepening California’s income inequality in 5 charts

by Jackie Botts July 20, 2020September 16, 2020

Pandemic steals most from immigrant working women

by Jackie Botts May 21, 2020September 16, 2020

Crowds arrive at California's Capitol for the 2017 Sacramento Women's March. Photo by Jim Heaphy courtesy of Creative Commons

Brown vetoed but they’re persisting: Take Two of MeToo hits Newsom’s desk

by Laurel Rosenhall September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

Women are about to achieve a milestone in the state Senate

by Guest Commentary May 31, 2019

Paying women less than men for substantially similar work is wage theft

by Guest Commentary April 16, 2019

Community members gather for a rally in support of Christine Blasey Ford in front of City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in Palo Alto, Calif. Ford, testified during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in the early 1980s. Photo by Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group

California’s election, women and Kavanaugh

by Dan Morain September 28, 2018

Fire costs, Brown’s oil issue, surfer equity, alcohol matters

by Dan Morain September 7, 2018July 8, 2019

Peter Mel of Santa Cruz takes off on a wave in the 2014 Mavericks Big Wave surfing contest—a competition that's become a flash point for gender pay equity in California. Photo by Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group

California just forced equal pay for female surfers. Could that change other games?

by Laurel Rosenhall September 6, 2018June 23, 2020