Articles by Lauren Hepler
December 2024
California’s Employment Safety Net Is Still Broken. Will Anyone Fix It?
July 2024
California Passed a Law to Fix Unsafe Homeless Shelters. Cities and Counties Are Ignoring It
May 2023
‘I’m a Hostage’: Why California’s COVID Unemployment Mess Isn’t Over Yet
March 2021
Is California Blowing It on Unemployment Reform?
Disneyland, Stadiums Get Green Light to Start Reopening April 1
Bidding Wars and Overblown Fears: The Curious Case of the California Exodus
February 2021
Economy Czar Dee Dee Myers on Vaccines, Reopening and California’s ‘Overblown’ Exodus
January 2021
‘Too Little, Too Late’: California Small Businesses Chase COVID-19 Relief
November 2020
California Offered a Lifeline When Their Hours Were Cut — Then Payments Froze
October 2020
Lawsuits and Labor Backlash: Prop. 22’s Cutthroat Final Days
What No Trump Stimulus Means for California Schools, Unemployment and More
What to Know About Gig Worker Pay Before Voting on Prop. 22
September 2020
CALIFORNIA EXODUS: An Online Industry Seizes COVID-19 to Sell the Red State Dream
California’s Coronavirus Stimulus Was a Bust … What Now?
August 2020
Uber, Lyft and Why California’s War Over Gig Work Is Just Beginning
California Democrats Divided Over COVID-19 Stimulus, Millionaire Tax to Fund Economic Recovery
July 2020
After More Coronavirus Closures, How Deep Will California’s Recession Go?
Six Curious Takeaways From California’s PPP Loans
Indoor Restaurants Shut Down in 72% of California for Three Weeks
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