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The bills breaking the partisan divide in California
In these hyper-partisan times, Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much. That includes the members of the California Legislature.
Of the 2,278 bills...
Advocates say California’s jail population will rise
According to Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, California doesn’t have a crisis in its jails, where record numbers of people have died even as...
Legislature’s unwritten rule: Negotiate in secret, not in public
State Sen. Dave Min admonished a fellow legislator recently for talking about his bill during an open hearing, saying lawmakers were forbidden from negotiating...
State’s 2 biggest school districts botched AI deals
With all the hubris of a startup founder, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, took to the stage in March to...
Gail Pellerin among top 4 stock investors in California Legislature
The total stock portfolio of the Legislature was worth as much as $112 million last year but experts say the public should know more...
California teachers are using AI in the classroom
Your children could be some of a growing number of California kids having their writing graded by software instead of a teacher.
California school districts...
California may gut two CalWORKS programs helping thousands of families
Joy Perrin had been living in a van with her two children for several months when she walked into a welfare office in 2018....
Newsom outlines plan for state budget deficit
California is in a budget hole, its depth measured not in feet, but in dollars.
How deep? A projected $38 billion deficit, according to Gov....
How will public transit agencies spend $5 billion?
In June, the Legislature and governor agreed to a $5 billion lifeline in the budget as transit agencies' ridership slowly recovered from the Covid...
Losing income is the chief cause of homelessness, study finds
Losing income is the No. 1 reason Californians end up homeless—and the vast majority of them say a subsidy of as little as $300...
