A $5 million prime-time ad campaign is aimed at climate policies the industry claims make life miserable for Californians.
In response to a Capital & Main investigation, lawmakers say more enforcement and worker education is needed.
Low-wage industries are forecast to lead job growth, and the share of workers 55 and older has doubled.
As California regulators struggle with short staffing, farmworkers say they are denied shade and water required by law.
Budget shortfall pauses wage hike for California’s low-income health care workers. “We’re living paycheck to paycheck,” one worker said.
Summer meal program for food insecure students was initially cut under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal.
A new study finds 1.6 million undocumented workers created 1.25 million jobs and produced 5% of the state’s GDP.
Multiple efforts to boost housing construction are meant to bring home ownership back within reach. Meanwhile, workers can’t keep up.
A Senate bill would immediately send urgent cases denied services to an independent review.
With the end of direct cash payments, poverty levels are moving up.
A California plan to extend food aid to undocumented immigrants is shelved in the state’s latest budget revision.
After a decade of lobbying, SoCalGas is planning to blend hydrogen into gas lines serving a mostly Latino town in the San Joaquin Valley.
Leaders need to create ways for workers to get the skills needed for higher-paying jobs.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to ramp up the renewable fuel carries risks: increased emissions and pollution.
Advocates say outreach is needed to ensure deportation fears do not stop immigrants from applying.
A tight labor market and local minimum wages that are already close to the new $20 minimum are among the reasons.
In coverage for key areas including immunizations, mental health and well-child visits, insurers fail to deliver for those 26 and younger.
As insurers reject coverage amid soaring anxiety and depression, a bill to help children and teens is quietly killed.
California’s economy is booming, but the state’s poorest residents are falling further and further behind.
Edward Navales realized a career in large tech firms wasn’t for him, and in 2008 he decided to open his own business. Armed with a University of Texas MBA and guided by a desire to do something meaningful, he decided to start a firm in the health care sector. As he surveyed his options, it seemed like a franchise agreement would be the quickest and surest way to success.
He invested savings, took out a Small Business Administration loan and entered into an agreement with Bright Star Healthcare, a small but fast-growing home health care company. Bright Star promised its franchisees support and flexibility. According to Navales, the reality was something else entirely.
“What I found was inadequate support, unrealistic and predatory minimum sales targets and costly vendor requirements,” Navales said. “I soon learned my fellow franchisees were experiencing the same challenges.” Bright Star, claimed Navales, wasn’t responsive to their requests and complaints,
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