Among Future of Work Commission members, there has been more talk about the impact of the gig economy than the implications of artificial intelligence.
Where Elizabeth Warren and Gavin Newsom’s plans to reinvest in public schools most diverge is on funding mechanisms. Liz has one; Gavin doesn’t.
The end to decades of intractable charter warfare came courtesy of an unstoppable grassroots movement.
A proposed law could reboot California’s public investment system to provide a stable source of local funding for affordable housing.
How an agency charged with protecting public health gave talking points to the lead-battery industry.
Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
Health officials took eight days to send letters to parents of children possibly contaminated by lead. And not everyone received a letter.
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.”
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?
California’s charter lobby remains fiercely opposed to far-reaching reforms found in a state Assembly bill.
Researchers say low provider pay and low quality care are endemic to California’s patchwork childcare industry.
The packing of an education task force panel has diluted a highly anticipated Assembly bill reforming charter schools.
Still pending in a follow-up budget bill is language that would limit the ability of charter schools to cherry-pick enrollment.
With the death of Senate Bill 50, there are no active bills in Sacramento that tackle housing affordability.
Gavin Newsom hailed a new charter school transparency law he signed. Why won’t the law prevent charters from failing?
Rather than senior researchers, public finance experts and classroom learning specialists, seven of the governor’s 11 appointees appeared to have been recruited from the charter-industrial complex.
Developers blame a half-century-old law for slowing development. Studies show there are other factors at work.
Also this week: Governor Gavin Newsom chooses a new state education board president, Oakland teachers move closer to a strike and the money continues to flow in an L.A. school board race.