Bay Area How state lawmakers want to target retail theft By Lynn La | CalMatters | February 16, 2024 Measure comes in response to a 29% jump in 2022 in shoplifting.
COVID-19 These fed-up parents fought California’s pandemic schooling and won. Now what? By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters | February 16, 2024 A recent legal settlement directs $2 billion to the most impacted California schools to help students recover from learning loss.
business Business, labor fight over California law few know about By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | February 15, 2024 A measure on the November ballot would repeal the law, which allows employees to file class-action lawsuits over some labor law violations.
Bay Area HBCU could be coming to San Francisco By Diana Lambert | EdSource | February 13, 2024 An HBCU satellite campus in San Francisco would also be a first in California.
Elections Katie Porter, Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee swore off corporate PAC money. What does that mean? By Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters | February 12, 2024 When it comes to election campaigning, showing independence from Big Business isn’t that simple.
health She opened a business to deliver babies. California policies drove her out of the country By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | February 12, 2024 Midwives provide many of the same services as doctors in low-risk pregnancies but serving patients with Medi-Cal insurance makes the practice difficult to sustain.
Elections A record amount went to lobbying California’s government. Who were the biggest spenders? By Jeremia Kimelman | CalMatters | February 12, 2024 Companies and organizations spent more than $480 million on lobbyists in 2023.
California Most California high school seniors shut out of even applying to the state’s universities By Emma Gallegos and Daniel J. Willis | EdSource | February 12, 2024 An EdSource analysis found that Black and Latino students are the least likely to complete college preparatory course requirements.
Bay Area Update: Newsom sends state lawyers to help Alameda County prosecute crimes in Oakland By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | February 9, 2024 Earlier this week the governor announced the deployment of 120 CHP officers to the region to combat rising crime.
business California’s fast food workers gain new, first-of-its-kind union to represent them By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde | CalMatters | February 9, 2024 The new organization will likely represent a small share of industry workers.