Bay Area How will Newsom and the Legislature avoid painful cuts in California’s budget? By Sameea Kamal and Alexei Kosoff | CalMatters | March 2, 2023 Politicians are optimistic about the economy, but Californians, according to a new poll, less so.
Bay Area Bay Area’s post-pandemic economic recovery is among worst in large metro areas By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | February 28, 2023 Pandemic recovery was measured via 15 different metrics, including local population growth, office occupancy, and the construction of new housing.
Business & Finance Life with Money | Financial Wisdom from a Retired Catcher By Nick Levinson | Park Piedmont Advisors | February 24, 2023 [SPONSORED] Figuring out when enough is enough.
Bay Area In California Legislature, 500 bills beat the deadline By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | February 21, 2023 Several bills tackle hot-button topics like fossil fuels and the fentanyl crisis
Uncategorized Floods, fires, droughts show California needs bigger safety net for farmworkers, advocates say By Nicole Foy | CalMatters | February 20, 2023 Many California farmworkers lost weeks of pay in January's floods.
Business & Finance Life with Money | Being a Patient By Tom Levinson | Park Piedmont Advisors | February 17, 2023 [SPONSORED] Meeting with a financial advisor can feel like being a health care patient: intimidating, overwhelming, vulnerable. But it doesn't need to feel that way.
Bay Area More than 12,000 Californians are getting cash from guaranteed income experiments By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | February 14, 2023 State and local governments, and some private funders, are launching dozens of pilot projects
Bay Area Will controversial California housing law become permanent? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | February 14, 2023 SB 35 is set to expire in 2025 but State Senator Scott Wiener, the San Francisco Democrat who authored it, wants to make it permanent.
Business & Finance Life with Money | Introducing Our New Book: Thinking About Investing By Tom & Nick Levinson | Park Piedmont Advisors | February 10, 2023 [SPONSORED] Download the ebook or get a free print copy of Thinking About Investing, guiding principles on how to invest, by Park Piedmont Advisors.
Around Town Bill would cap campaign donations to local school board candidates By Thomas Peele | EdSource | February 9, 2023 The $5,500 cap would also apply to donations to candidates for special district boards, such as water and sewer districts.