Every recent legislative session has produced at least one effort to ameliorate California’s chronic shortage of housing – and sometimes several.
They generally make it easier for developers to navigate
The dichotomy between blue and red states – in essence California vs. Florida and Texas – has played out in many arenas on many specific issues, including immigration and abortion.
The whole
Artificial intelligence might be the new frontier in technology, but Toby Reed, a senior at Fremont High in Oakland, has no doubts about whether to harness its powers — at least
By Dan Walters
Four-plus decades ago, a coterie of left-leaning political activists, led by antiwar iconoclast Tom Hayden, captured control of Santa Monica’s city government.
Their issue was rent
It’s no longer the "Skittles ban," but legislation on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk still could force food manufacturers to change their recipes for a variety of
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers are prepared to walk out on a three-day strike Wednesday that would affect patients across California.
The contract between the health
With the U.S. government on the brink of a shutdown, many are emphasizing the costs that will be incurred in delayed paychecks, stifled operations and even national security. But
For 26 years, a legislative bill labeled by the California Chamber of Commerce as a “job killer” very likely faced a death sentence.
The chamber, the state’s most influential
New Census data recently confirmed what many advocates saw coming: We squandered one of the greatest achievements in poverty fighting policy this nation has ever known.
In one year, we
Many political promises have been made, many billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent and many programs have been launched, but the state’s homelessness crisis continues to worsen and
The weekend. The eight-hour workday. Paid family leave. Those fruits of labor victories are part of everyday life in California. Now the state’s hot labor summer may have helped
More than 150,000 California workers who lost their jobs since 2020 are still fighting for delayed or denied unemployment benefits. At the same time, the state paid out an
