Sacramento
July 2020
Gov. Dad: Family Leave Job Protections Expanded in Bill Backed by Newsom
June 2020
Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot
California Mandates Zero-Exhaust Big Rigs, Delivery Trucks
Could Racially Motivated 911 Calls Become Hate Crimes?
Fauci to California: Good Work So Far, but State Needs Public Buy-In for Safe Reopening
California Re-Evaluating Its Landmark Climate Strategy
Budget Deal Shields Neediest Californians, Shifts Burden to Middle Class
From Prison to the Halls of Power: A Politician’s Son Lobbies to Let People on Parole Vote
California’s Vacation Industry Is Open for Business. Proceed With Caution.
Filling Trump Void, California Steps in to Protect Birds, Wetlands
This Week’s California Coronavirus Hospitalizations Are Approaching the Height of Pandemic
Not an Option: Governor Orders Statewide Mask Use Amid Scattered Pushback
Counting the Dead: Nursing Home COVID Data a ‘Tangled Mess’
A Collision of Epidemics: Coronavirus Disrupts Addiction Treatment
Newsom: California Stabilizing Coronavirus, but Don’t Get Excited
‘Things Have Gotten Ugly’ — Pandemic Pushback Drives Health Directors to Quit
Judge to Newsom on Vote-By-Mail Strategy: Restrain Yourself
California’s No-Bid Contracts for Pandemic Supplies Reveal Collapsed Deals, Untested Vendors
Converting a Motel to Homeless Housing, Step by Step
Expect Hybrid Learning to Become Norm This Fall
‘Mutually Repugnant’: Gov. Newsom and Lawmakers Pursue Budget Compromise
Newsom Seeks Statewide Reform of Police Use of Force
California Posts Guidelines for Gyms, Bars, Hotels, Camps to Reopen as Soon as June 12
COVID and Kids: A New Inflammatory Syndrome Poses Safety Challenge for Schools, Day Care
Is Now the Time to Bring Back Affirmative Action in California?
Babies and Oil Don’t Mix: Wells Linked to Low Birthweight
Six Things: The Role of California’s National Guard in Protests
Newsom Empathizes With Protesters as Trump Threatens Military Intervention
California Schools Desperate for Guidance, Money as They Plan for Fall Reopening
May 2020
In Information Age, Many Californians Struggle to Stay Informed
Farmers Must Diversify in a Post-Pandemic World, Ag Experts Say
Trust Barriers Pose Challenge for Coronavirus Testing, Tracing Among Black and Latino Californians
Blind Spot: Lobbying Behind California Coronavirus Contracts Can Stay Secret
The Pandemic Hasn’t Killed California’s Big Housing Plans — but They Have Mutated
UCs Ditch the SAT and ACT — Set Out to Make a ‘Fairer’ Standardized Test
Pandemic Food Stamps Offer Up to $365 Per Child
Big Cuts Could Hit Little Californians: $1 Billion in Preschool and Child Care Dollars at Risk
Valid Assumptions or ‘Tacky Bluffs’ — the Econ Forecast Shaping Newsom’s Budget
State Eases Rules for Reopening Dine-In Restaurants, Stores
California Budget Yanks Back Medi-Cal Health Care Gains for Low-Income Residents
Schools Fear Prospect of Layoffs, Furloughs as State Budget Gets Slashed
Schools, Health Face Deep Cuts in California’s $203 Billion Budget
Lawmakers Propose Sweeping Relief to Missed Rent Payments
Gov. Newsom: Coronavirus Testing Way Up, but State’s Nursing Homes Still Lagging
Can California Cities Weather the COVID Recession?
California Just Revealed a $54.3 Billion Deficit — Worse Than the Great Recession
California’s Essential Workers to Get Benefit of the Doubt if They Contract COVID
Wanted: Health Care Workers. (Wait! Never Mind)
California Wires Mask Dealer Half a Billion Dollars, Then Claws It Back