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An ICE investigation details days of suffering in which Kamyar Samimi pleaded for help and attempted suicide because he said the pain from methadone withdrawal was so intense.
Facing rent hikes, tenants at Chinatown’s Hillside Villa apartment complex rallied outside their landlord’s home to call for an alternative solution.
The media’s erasing of women of color from the climate activism narrative is dangerous for the movement, says one young activist.
Cory Booker emerges from the school choice closet. More California kids are missing classes due to fires. Ethnic studies gets a reboot.
Selling credits for forest protection hasn’t worked before. Why does the state’s air board think it will now?
The deported immigrants of Mexico City’s Little L.A. remind us that people with problems don’t go away. They just go somewhere else.
Whistleblowers have accused staff at East Oakland’s Castlemont High of manipulating grades for nine students.
Bill author David Chiu implored Assembly members to imagine the impact of a massive rent increase on a typical tenant’s health, children and job.
In an era of wealth inequality, said State Sen. Connie Leyva, passing a bill to put a stop to exorbitant rent increases “is the least we can do.”
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If AB 5 becomes law it could open the floodgates to similar legislation in other states. Uber and other companies may then find themselves on the defensive.
A proposed California law would require the attorney general to conduct immediate investigations of immigrant-detention deaths.
Do businesses have unique obligations to the communities they serve, as well as to their employees?
Governor Newsom hopes a legislative agreement will set the stage for a political ceasefire in the state’s long fight over charter schools.
California legislation to cap rent increases looked like a done deal in Sacramento. Why, then, are Realtors dead set against it?
Many independent contractors can’t afford to upgrade their trucks to meet low-emissions standards. Will making them company employees change that?
A proposed California law would compel companies seeking public contracts to deliver the high-quality wages that they promise.
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The National Labor Relations Board is not just changing workplace rules but reversing longstanding precedents.
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The state only requires schools to take action if lead levels exceed 15 ppb. But the CDC says there’s no safe blood lead level for children.
ICE says immigrant detainees are only obligated to make their beds and avoid clutter. But a for-profit prison company is accused of forcing them to do much more – and for no wages.