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.
LAUSD marks the passing of Michelle King. The strange case of Sebastian Ridley-Thomas. Will Oakland teachers strike?
Studies have found charter school glut and hyper-competition in many neighborhoods.
Persistent claims of poverty by the district have been the most contentious issue separating LAUSD and UTLA.
Gavin Newsom now leads the state with the nation’s biggest economy and largest population — and one riven by economic inequality. What will be his most important challenges?
A new state report says increasing automobile traffic is derailing California’s climate goals.
Capital & Main looks back at the year through 10 stories.
A state-appointed fact-finding panel mostly punted on unresolved equity demands that form the heart of what Los Angeles’ teacher union has framed as a fight to save L.A.’s “civic institution of public education.”