health Covered California insurance rates to increase an average of 6% next year By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | July 19, 2022 The agency also warned premiums may double for some enrollees if Congress does not renew federal aid.
housing Tens of thousands of Californians in limbo as eviction protections end By Manuela Tobias | CalMatters | July 1, 2022 Many low-income California tenants still haven’t heard back about their rent relief applications.
business Proposal to boost state minimum wage to $18 won’t go on ballot By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | July 1, 2022 Had the California Living Wage Act proposal succeeded, it would have increased base wages to $16 an hour next January and $18 by 2025.
Bay Area Nearly 1 out of 5 classes in California taught by underprepared teachers By Diana Lambert, Daniel J. Willis, and Yuxuan Xie | EdSource | June 30, 2022 A new state database of teacher assignments shows that 17% of K-12 classes in 2020-21 were taught by teachers without the credential or training to teach the course.
Bay Area Bay Area medical, legal experts foresee dire consequences in court ruling on abortion By Kiley Russell, Alexandra Garci, Allison Dickson and Molly Burke | Bay City News Foundation | June 24, 2022 Bay Area experts weigh in on broad health and well-being impacts of the decision.
Arts & Entertainment Newsom champions California as a sanctuary state for people seeking abortion By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | June 24, 2022 Announcement comes as three West Coast states declare shared efforts to protect abortion access.
Bay Area California Prop. 13’s ‘unjust legacy’ detailed in critical study By John Fensterwald | EdSource | June 22, 2022 Study recommends no specific fix to 1978 property tax limit initiative but cites many reasons to consider reforms.
Bay Area Assembly leader: Gas rebates likely ‘before October’ By Emily Hoeven | CalMatters | June 21, 2022 Relief will likely not come before the gas excise tax set to begin July 1 that will increase prices at the pump by nearly 3 cents per gallon.
Education Secrecy shrouds pandemic spending at some California schools By Robert Lewis and Joe Hong | CalMatters | June 9, 2022 California schools received more than $33 billion in COVID stimulus money. Some districts won’t say how they’ve spent it.
California California wants to slash insulin prices by becoming a drugmaker. Can it succeed? By Angela Hart | Kaiser Health News | June 7, 2022 California would spend $100 million to make insulin affordable to millions of people with diabetes under a new state generic drug label, CalRx.