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CA Rent Control Battle Goes to the Ballot
Amid a Southern California heat wave, about 300 advocates for rent control — with two 10-foot “greedy landlord” puppets — rallied Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, chanting: “The rent is too damn high!”
From Inmate Release to Immigrant Housing Aid, California Bills Spur End-of-Session Fireworks
Some Democrats are pushing bills that could put their colleagues on the hot seat in an election year. The authors say they’re representing their constituents and there’s never a perfect time for votes.
From The Sacramento Bee...
Proposition 6 Explainer
The Sacramento Bee explains Proposition 6, the initiative to ban involuntary servitude.
Proposition 36 Explainer
The Sacramento Bee explains Propisition 36, the anti-crime measure on the November Ballot.
Californians Will Vote on a $18 Minimum Wage. Workers Already Want $25 and More
Proposition 32 to increase the minimum wage from $16 isn’t as far-reaching as when it was first proposed. Fast food workers are already making more, and health care employees are on track. But worker groups are already pushing for more.
California Lawmakers Negotiating Sweeping Package to Speed Up Solar, Wind Energy
Legislators and Gov. Newsom are working behind the scenes to draft energy legislation before the end-of-the-month deadline.
What CA Voters Should Know on Minimum Wage, Health Tax Props
A voter at a polling center at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana on March 5, 2024. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters
California’s Voters Face Competing Ballot Measures as Interest Groups Clash
Although the initiative process — proposing new laws via ballot measures — has been in California’s constitution for more than a century, its use was fairly uncommon until the 1970s.
As Newsom Finishes His Governorship, Would-Be Successors Are Multiplying
There never was much of a chance that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would be running for president this year, even if President Joe Biden were to step aside.
California Says ICE Detainees Have Labor Rights. They Earn $1 a Day Scrubbing Bathrooms
California failed to ban private detention centers. Now, it’s focusing on their working conditions, for immigrants who toil for $1 a day.
Steve Garvey Outraises Adam Schiff — But Still Has Less in Bank — In U.S. Senate Bid
The Republican hopeful brought in more cash than Democratic rival Adam Schiff for the first time this campaign during the latest quarter, but still has less to spend.
CalMatters’ Digital Democracy Makes a Difference in the Legislature
CalMatters launched Digital Democracy in April, and its impact has rippled across the Legislature.
CA November Ballot Is Set, Finally
California lawmakers met into the night on July 3 to finish the November ballot before heading off on summer vacation until Aug. 5.
2024 California Ballot Measures: What You Need to Know
Much is expected of the California voter.
Does a Proposed $10 Billion Bond Favor Richer California School Districts?
Small and low-income school officials say the bond measure deal is unfair. The money is allocated through matching grants, so wealthier districts that can raise more local funds will get more money from the state.
From Roseville Today...
Transportation Sales Tax Heading to November Ballot
In their June 11 meeting, the Placer County Board of Supervisors approved advancing a 1/2 cent sales tax increase to fund road and highway improvements to the November ballot.
From CapPublicRadio...
California Forever Ballot Measure Qualifies for Solano Ballot
On June 11, Solano County elections officials announced the verification of necessary signatures for the California Forever sponsored initiative to amend the county General Plan to be on the November ballot.
CalMatters Hosts Big Ideas Festival
The two-day CalMatters Ideas Festival wrapped on June 6 with more than a dozen events examining critical policy issues impacting the lives of millions of Californians.
California Made It Easier to Vote, but Some With Disabilities Still Face Barriers
California is hailed as a national leader for voting access. But visually impaired voters and their advocates say they still face unnecessary barriers, despite bills and lawsuits. Some election officials raise security concerns.
UC Student Workers Expand Strike to Two More Campuses as They Demand Amnesty for Protestors
After University of California students were arrested or suspended for protests, student workers are striking at three campuses. The Office of President says the strike violates the union contract.
As Key Deadlines Loom, Newsom and California Lawmakers Have Dozens of Deals to Make
It’s time for the folks in California’s Capitol to play let’s-make-a-deal – or actually, many deals.
Apology for Slavery, Funding Frameworks for Reparations Advance
California lawmakers voted to offer an official apology for the state’s role in supporting slavery and moved several reparations bills but let others die.
Why UC Grad Students Are Going Out on Strike
The job action starting today at UC Santa Cruz isn’t about pay, but instead is in response to how UC deployed police to clear pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses.
California’s Staggering Budget Deficit Squashes Hundreds of Bills
The state’s multibillion-dollar shortfall shapes which spending bills survived the ‘suspense file’ hearings by the Assembly and Senate appropriations committees.
How Congress Is Letting Die an Internet Connectivity Lifeline for Millions
More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.
From Los Angeles Times...
Metal Detectors, Fear, Frustration. College Commencements Altered Amid Gaza War Protests
At many universities across the country, graduation for the Class of 2024 will feel more like making it through airport security than a procession through a free-flowing campus green or a cheering stadium crowd.
Who Killed CA Utility Bill Legislation?
A bill to rein in a proposed monthly fee on California electric bills would let California’s largest for-profit utility companies charge customers $24 per month — with fees as low as $6 for lower-income customers — as a kind of membership fee for the power grid.
Newsom Calls Out Republican Abortion Policies in New Ad Running in Alabama
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new ad blasts GOP efforts to make it harder for people to leave states with abortion bans and seek treatment elsewhere.
Senate Impeachment Trial Begins for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in California, is the first U.S. Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years.
Business Groups and Lawmakers Battle Over Ballot Measure to Limit California Tax Increases
Anti-tax groups in California have qualified a measure for the November ballot that would make raising state and local taxes much more difficult. It’s a showdown that’s been building for nearly five decades.
RFK Jr. Picks VP, but Still Isn’t on California Ballot
Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose Oakland to announce his vice presidential pick on Tuesday, so it wasn’t too much of a shocker that his pick was Nicole Shanahan, a Bay Area tech attorney and philanthropist.
From KFF Health News...
At Stake in Mifepristone Case: Abortion, FDA’s Authority, and Return to 1873 Obscenity Law
Lawyers from the conservative Christian group that won the case to overturn Roe v. Wade are returning to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in pursuit of an urgent priority: shutting down access to abortion pills for women across the country.
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