Community-based organizations on the front lines take the brunt of health and racial disparities. Will California do something about it?
New well count rises as governor appoints oil lobbyist to top role.
As billionaires blast off into space, Americans increasingly support federal and state wealth taxes.
Will the city finally hold banks responsible for failing to serve the community?
Two years on, with mandates lifting, what’s changed about COVID — and what hasn’t.
In a moment of genuine emergency like the pandemic, any improvement in health care access is welcome.
What are Gov. Newsom’s plans for protecting workers who have suffered disproportionately?
The California surplus is available to some, but for 61 local public health department workers there’s little but tough love.
Gov. Newsom calibrates the right time for schools to drop the mask mandate.
Deluge of outside funds signals a national strategy for replacing elected officials.
Promising new legislation to keep California workers safe would leave many uncovered.
Emails show how the industry weakened emissions legislation and pushed back on cap-and-trade reforms.
First-in-the-nation legislation takes aim at egregious violations in the fashion industry.
They understand the need to extend sick leave. They have the money. Do they have the will?
As the California governor heads into re-election mode, we examine his progress (or lack thereof) in several healthcare categories.
The new ruling, a key environmental protection, will impact 30% of oil wells in the state.
Assembly Bill 616 would have made it easier for California farmworkers to vote to unionize by allowing them to fill out and mail ballots as absentees.
So far, Gov. Gavin Newsom has given no indication that he’s inclined to extend supplemental paid leave.
Here’s why the state’s traditional conservatives and moderates have exited a party that once dominated in California.
The election outcome shouldn’t be mistaken by the Newsom administration as an endorsement of the governor’s handling of the pandemic.