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Ahead of a ballot measure to add $2 to the hourly minimum wage, studies show fast food jobs increased after the state bumped hourly pay to $20 in that sector.
As president, Trump proposed large cuts to affordable housing programs. Harris touts her record helping homeowners after the Great Recession.
As a planned community near the Rockies rises, so do concerns over a fracking operation that would stretch under the homes.
The industry says it is struggling to find new workers as some schools hope to revamp trade programs.
With progressive Rep. Katie Porter gone, her coastal California district is considered critical to the fate of a divided House.
A year after the health care giant settled with California regulators, about 2,400 SoCal mental health workers say patients still lack timely care due to understaffing.
Prop. 36 creates stiffer penalties for some theft and drug crimes and has overwhelming support, but big retailers do not cite theft as a leading threat, and property crime is the lowest in 50 years.
With home care in the national spotlight, state declares Medicaid home care workers public employees and expands training.
As rents rise and owners change, longtime tenants say they may lose their leases.
In the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, classes at a community art center help to prevent and manage Parkinson’s and other age-related illnesses.
One in four voters is Latino in a critical state where Biden won but Trump now leads.
Ryan Sanders’ union endorsed Harris, but the Pennsylvania sheet metal worker still needs to be convinced.
Unenforceable laws and failed “affordable housing” policies show that public housing and tenant-controlled buildings must become the norm, say the founders of the Los Angeles Tenants Union in their new book.
Author Jessica Pishko probes the beliefs and actions of the hard right constitutional sheriffs movement, whose members say their authority trumps state and federal officials.
Following the money reveals the gaming of the state’s initiative process.
From Chicago to San Jose, California, rideshare drivers are working together for higher pay, safer work and better jobs.
New scorecard reveals extent of private equity’s role in fossil fuel finance.
Experts say insurance for renters and low-income homeowners could help ease the path to recovery.
Experts say that policies such as higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded child care are both effective and popular.
The bill would have made it easier to file heat-related workers’ compensation. A Capital & Main investigation found field safety inspections fell 30% in seven years.