The end to decades of intractable charter warfare came courtesy of an unstoppable grassroots movement.
A bill awaiting Gov. Newsom’s signature would bar new private prison contracts. Two industry giants are already reinventing themselves.
The state might be three decades late in meeting its 2030 climate goals and more than 100 years late in hitting 2050 targets.
Armed with a state override of its rejected application, Promise Academy filed a new request. Then came the lawsuits.
Guns spewed lead dust. Child gymnasts trained. California regulators failed to act.
As the number of H-2A guest workers mushrooms, California labor contractors and growers are packing farmworkers into motels and houses in working class neighborhoods.
Did a Los Angeles school board member leak confidential information to charter school lobbyists?
Battery recycling is considered one of the most potentially hazardous industries. Yet Vernon’s Exide workers were routinely being poisoned with nearly nonexistent intervention by Cal/OSHA.
California’s Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHA failed to protect workers from lead contamination at a battery recycling plant.
A proposed law could reboot California’s public investment system to provide a stable source of local funding for affordable housing.