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July 2023

California Forbids Plans to Unmask Workers at In-N-Out — and Most Other Workplaces

Covered California Announces Biggest Increase in Premiums Since 2018. Here’s How Much

Community College Transfer Numbers Are a Key Benchmark of Success, but They Remain Far Below the State’s Own Goal

How California Is Fighting Meth With Gift Cards

Some of California’s ‘Cheapest’ Cities Have Seen the Biggest Rent Hikes

Here’s How California’s Electric Cars Can Feed the Grid and Help Avoid Brownouts

Are Major Changes Coming to Your Electric Bill? 5 Things to Know

Smokers Fund California’s Early Childhood Programs. What Happens When They Quit?

Cal State Recently Was Forced to Deal With Several Sexual Harassment Allegations. It Fell Short on Numerous Fronts, Report Finds

Gavin Newsom’s Mental Health Plan Could Strip More Than $700 Million From Services, Report Says

California Democrats Resisted a Child Trafficking Bill — Until They Couldn’t

What Happened to the Big Changes to California Elections?

Cal State Has a New Chancellor. Her Challenges Include the System’s Massive Budget Gap and Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Drones, Satellites and AI: How California Fights Its Unpredictable Wildfires With Analytics

More Sick Days and Family Leave? California Lawmakers Push to Improve Work-Life Balance

California Spent $600 Million to House and Rehab Former Prisoners — but Can’t Say Whether It Helped

Should Universities Share Athletics Revenue With Players? California Bill Sparks Backlash.

California Employers Have No Duty to Protect Workers’ Families From COVID, Court Rules

California and Manufacturers Strike Deal Over Zero-Emission Trucks

California Wants More College Students to Graduate Debt-Free. How’s the Middle Class Scholarship Going So Far?

My House or My Beach? Why California’s Housing Crisis Threatens Its Powerful Coastal Commission

Why Single-Payer Advocates Are Split on How to Overhaul Health Care

A California City Was Making a Difference on Homelessness. Then the Money Ran Out

June 2023

Cal State Proposes Regular Tuition Hikes to Forestall Budget Gap

Troubled Nursing Home Chain Owner Gets New Licenses Just Before State Reforms Take Effect

California’s Firefighter Union Is Poised to Get a Rare Perk: Guaranteed Raises, Forever

California’s Reparations Panel Delivers Recommendations as Some Bemoan Newsom’s Absence and Supreme Court Ruling

Building California: How Will the Infrastructure Deal Affect Development, Wildlife?

Will California’s Largest Pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, Divest From Fossil Fuels?

Is California Using an Old Labor Board to Get Around a Fast Food Industry Referendum?

What You Need to Know on the California Budget Deal

More California Prisoners Are Requesting Gender-Affirming Health Care, Including Surgeries

California Child Care Providers Demand Raises From Gov. Newsom as Budget Deadline Looms

One Group of Students Fled Community College in Record Numbers During the Pandemic. Can These Schools Lure Them Back?

California Lawmakers Wage Delta Water War With Newsom

The Biggest Survey of Homeless Californians in Decades Shows Why So Many Are on the Streets

How Fresh Will CalFresh Be? Food Benefits on the Table in State Budget Talks

Why ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Will Be California’s Next Abortion Battleground

For the First Time, California’s Attorney General Has Fined Landlords Who Violated a New State Rent Control Laws

Four Things California Can Do as Home Insurers Retreat

California Professors Test Out AI in the Classroom, Even as Cheating Debate Continues

‘Down to Our Last Dimes’: State Workers Say California Paychecks No Longer Cover the Bills

Is Housing a Human Right? California Voters Could Decide

Let’s Make a Deal: Legislative Leaders Make California Budget Offer to Newsom

California Ranchers Intentionally Violated an Emergency Water Order. Now Lawmakers Want to Triple the Fines

A Catastrophic Hunger Crisis? California Food Banks Are Being Flooded by Families Seeking Help

Will America Embrace Newsom’s Gun Plan? 5 Things to Know About His Bid to Change the US Constitution

A Small World: How Caste Discrimination Came to California

Why Fresno? This California Downtown Has a $250 Million Earmark in Gavin Newsom’s Budget

Gavin Newsom Wants Ron DeSantis Charged With ‘Kidnapping’ Migrants. Is That Possible?


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