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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...
Housing developer tries to back out of union-hiring rule
From the parking lot, there's nothing to suggest that Quito Village is the California housing policy equivalent of a unicorn, or that the seemingly...
Concealed carry permits skyrocket
Business has been booming for Ziyad “Zip” Showket, a firearms instructor in liberal Marin County—thanks to six justices on the nation’s highest court.
For two...
