Countering Trump administration, a California legislator wants to ban work...
As states led by Republicans prepare to impose tough new conditions for Medicaid recipients with the Trump administration’s blessing, a California legislator wants to ensure no such requirements would...
View ArticleLive Oak evictions break up a close-knit neighborhood
When Maria Anderson moved into a modest rental within walking distance of the beach 13 years ago, she was a mom with a toddler. “No resources, no partner,” she recalled. “This saved my life.” Anderson...
View ArticleCalifornia Hospitals Must Cough Up Millions To Meet Charity Care Rules
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has ordered three California hospitals to pay out millions of dollars to local nonprofits, declining their requests to be freed from charity obligations...
View ArticleA major California housing bill failed after opposition from the low-income...
Two weeks before state lawmakers halted a plan to aggressively increase housing production near transit locations across California, dozens rallied outside San Francisco’s City Hall to argue their...
View ArticleNew California Law Creates Protections For Immigrant Tenants
The past year has brought new fears and challenges for immigrant and undocumented members of our community. Last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that all undocumented...
View ArticleCalifornia SB 320 Ensuring College Student Access to Medication Abortion...
Following compelling testimony by college students speaking about the importance of improving access to reproductive care on college campuses, the Assembly Health Committee on Tuesday passed important...
View ArticleSan Francisco just got rid of unfair criminal justice fees. Other counties...
San Francisco resident Mary Vandigriff remembers when her life fell apart at age 19 and she began a 20-year struggle with addiction and cycling in and out of jail. Since Vandigriff last left jail in...
View ArticleWill ‘Public Charge’ Block Citizenship for Immigrants?
In a little-watched issue, advocates for immigrants say the U.S. government might redefine “public charge,” which could deny citizenship status. Compounding concerns: Recent family separations and...
View ArticleSplitting up California: State Supreme Court takes initiative off ballot
The state Supreme Court decided Wednesday that California will remain intact geographically, at least for now, while it decides whether the voters can consider a proposal to divide the Golden State...
View ArticleCourts in most states charge juveniles to exist inside the justice system....
When Brenda Tindal’s foster daughter got in trouble with the law, she knew it would take an emotional toll. She did not, however, anticipate that the teen’s three-month stint in a California juvenile...
View ArticleCalifornia Still Has The Nation’s Highest Poverty Rate (Blame Housing Costs)
By many measures, California’s economy is doing great. State unemployment is at a record low. Nearly 3 million jobs have been created since early 2010. If California were its own country, it would have...
View ArticleTrump’s Latest Assault on Immigrants Shreds a Half-Century of Reforms
For much of the past year, anti-poverty and immigrant-rights advocates have worried that the Trump administration would reshape immigration policy on the sly. In particular, they were concerned that...
View ArticleCivil rights attorneys settle lawsuit accusing court of improperly suspending...
Civil rights lawyers have settled a lawsuit accusing the Los Angeles Superior Court of improperly ordering driver’s license suspensions for people who couldn’t afford to pay their traffic ticket fines,...
View ArticleProposition 10: California’s rent control ballot measure, explained
Proposition 10 would give cities the ability to expand rent control, including potentially to more buildings. It would do that by repealing the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a state law that limits...
View ArticleThousands of Californians are working while homeless, and many don’t want...
Often one of the first steps to helping people out of homelessness is getting them a steady job. But what about the thousands of homeless Californians who are already working? Pinning down exactly how...
View ArticleNEWSOM’s early tests
THE BUZZ: Governing America’s biggest state ain’t easy. — That fact was reinforced for Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom some 36 hours after he was decisively declared California’s incoming leader. With Gov....
View ArticleAn open letter to Gavin Newsom: Address California’s poverty
By Western Center on Law & Poverty California has long stood out as a state that innovates and leads. As you begin your term, we at the Western Center on Law and Poverty are ready to work with...
View ArticleGavin Newsom wants to redesign California’s tax system. It’s so hard, Jerry...
California likes to tax the rich. A lot. The top 1 percent of earners provides about half of personal income tax revenue, by far the largest source of funding for the state government. The downside is...
View ArticleCatholic Hospital Mega-Merger Includes Reproductive Health-Care Safeguards in...
California regulators laid out a series of requirements to protect reproductive health care in the state before approving the creation of the largest Catholic health system in the United States on the...
View ArticleA Gentler, Still Controversial Housing Bill is Back—This Time with a Powerful...
Last year, one piece of housing legislation overshadowed all others. Senate Bill 827 by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would have allowed developers to build four- to eight-story apartment...
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