Your CBO Cheat Sheet: 5 Takeaways From GOP Health Bill
An estimated 23 million additional Americans will become uninsured over the next decade if the current version of the Republican health care bill goes into effect, according to a Congressional Budget...
View ArticleNew health plan theatens access for thousands in SJ County
Should the American Health Care Act passed by the House of Representatives earlier this month become law as it now stands, tens of thousands of residents of San Joaquin County could lose their health...
View ArticleCiting CBO Report, Critics Decry GOP Bill’s Potential Fallout In California
Though the budget analysis released Wednesday on the GOP health care bill didn’t address California specifically, both the state’s Medicaid program and its individual market could be seriously harmed...
View ArticleWhat Trump food stamp cuts mean for California
A bulging bag of dark red cherries cost Sandy Nemec four coupons from her state-provided monthly grocery budget Wednesday at the downtown Sacramento farmers market. With the help of that food aid,...
View ArticleCalifornia Bail Reform Legislation Gains Momentum
Committees approve bills that help prevent people from being jailed simply because they can’t afford bail; bills now head to floor votes (From Press Release)—As momentum for bail reform in California...
View ArticleCalifornia bills target private business to help immigrants
California Democrats are expanding their efforts to resist President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants in the country illegally with bills aimed at limiting how much private businesses can...
View ArticleHow L.A. County is trying to sign more people up for food stamps — and why...
Vickie Williams’ favorite meal is baked chicken, string beans and corn on the cob. She often makes it for Sunday dinner for her 81-year-old mother, five grown children and four grandchildren. Williams,...
View ArticleCalifornia state Senate advances bill to ban smoking and use of e-cigarettes...
Californians would no longer be able to use tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, in public housing and within 25 of those buildings under a measure approved Tuesday by the state Assembly....
View ArticleCalifornia Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation
Bill would ensure California doesn’t jail people simply because they can’t afford bail; another identical bill is awaiting a floor vote in the Assembly SACRAMENTO- The California Senate approved SB...
View ArticleBill would give parking ticket payment plan option for low-income drivers
Parking violations can quickly turn into hundreds of dollars in fees and often prevent drivers from registering their cars if fines go unpaid. This problem is especially burdensome for low-income...
View ArticleAssembly Approves Help for CalWORKs Recipients Pursuing an Education
SACRAMENTO – The Assembly voted to provide CalWORKs recipients financial support to seek further education and improve their situation. “CalWORKs has the potential to be much more than a...
View ArticleSchool lunch debt policies hard to swallow
After years of battles over the nutritional value of school lunches, there’s a new policy fight cooking in the nation’s school cafeterias. Anti-poverty advocates and lawmakers in more than half a dozen...
View ArticleUber drivers aren’t the only ones who want tax credit
BY JESSICA BARTHOLOW Special to The Bee Californians are self-employed for different reasons – because they want to be, because they can’t find other work or because of family circumstances. My mom...
View ArticleIn California, 14 million reasons to wonder – and worry – about GOP health...
Judy Perez’s son just learned to add double-digit numbers. He’s 32. Stephen Perez suffers from myotonic dystrophy, which inhibits his mental and physical development. Medi-Cal, California’s version of...
View ArticleAdvocates Commend Governor for Remedy to Address California Modern Day...
California will no longer suspend low-income motorists’ licenses because they can’t afford to pay minor traffic tickets (From Press Release)–Tuesday, Governor Brown approved the state’s $183.2 billion...
View ArticleCalifornians Can No Longer Lose Their Driver’s License Due To Unpaid Traffic...
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last week to end the suspension of driver’s licenses as a result of unpaid traffic fines and fees. Mike Herald is Director of Policy Advocacy for the Western Center on...
View ArticleLevine’s bill rapped as special affordable housing break for affluent Marin
Affordable housing developers are criticizing a bill by Assemblyman Marc Levine they say would extend until 2028 special treatment for Marin County, San Rafael and Novato when it comes to meeting state...
View ArticleRent increases, evictions up in immigrant communities under Trump, housing...
When Maria got an eviction notice telling her she had to be out of her Redwood City apartment by late February, she thought something seemed fishy. She contacted housing attorneys, who confirmed to her...
View ArticleBill Reducing Traffic Fines to People’s Ability to Pay Passes Assembly Committee
SB 185 dovetails with Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget provision stopping automatic driver’s license suspensions for failure to pay a ticket SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys,...
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