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CALmatters is a Sacramento-based nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. It works with more than 130 media partners throughout the state that have long, deep relationships with their local audiences, including Embarcadero Media (publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice, Pleasanton Weekly and The Almanac in Menlo Park and their websites.)
Here are the most recent stories reported by CALmatters' team of journalists:
$15 billion to fight climate change
Good morning, California. It’s Friday, September 24. Sequoias still under siege A dispatch from CalMatters environment reporter Julie Cart: In California, it’s possible to be hundreds of miles away from Hollywood and still find yourself in a place that looks for all the world like a movie set. Where better to illustrate the perils of […]
Fri, Sep 24, 2021 5:40 am
El sistema universitario UC deja espacio para más californianos; ¿le afectará perder estudiantes de otros estados?
En resumen Los estudiantes del sistema de universidades UC de otros estados están teniendo un mal año. La Legislatura hizo planes para que la UC inscribiera a menos de ellos para dar paso a más estudiantes del estado. Mientras tanto, la matrícula aumentará $8,000 para futuros estudiantes que viene fuera del estado. Read this article […]
Fri, Sep 24, 2021 5:38 am
As UC makes room for more Californians, can it afford to lose out-of-state students?
Out-of-state UC students are having a bad year. The Legislature made plans to have the UC enroll fewer of them to make way for more in-state students. Meanwhile, tuition is going up $8,000 for future out-of-state students.
Fri, Sep 24, 2021 5:30 am
Lightning could spark more California fires as world warms
Fire officials are bracing for the worst as scientists predict that climate change could cause more lightning strikes, which often ignite deadly, unpredictable and remote wildfires in Northern California.
Fri, Sep 24, 2021 5:30 am
Bridging the gap between climate justice and housing justice
Stable funding is needed to ensure California’s affordable housing efforts, climate goals and decarbonization policies work hand-in-hand.
Fri, Sep 24, 2021 5:30 am
Decline in substitute teachers challenges school districts
California needs to reexamine policies that prevent retired teachers from returning as substitutes within their first six months of retirement.
Fri, Sep 24, 2021 5:25 am
El acuerdo con el contratista para dar alivio de alquiler en California se vuelve más lucrativo
En resumen El estado confía en que un contratista privado lleve el alivio de alquiler a los inquilinos y propietarios de California, y acaba de aumentar el lucrativo acuerdo. Read this article in English. A pesar de un lento despliegue inicial del dinero de ayudaría para el alquiler, el estado de California está extendiendo y más […]
Thu, Sep 23, 2021 11:57 am
Contractor’s deal on California rent relief gets more lucrative
The state is relying on a private contractor to get rent relief to California tenants and landlords, and just increased the lucrative deal.
Thu, Sep 23, 2021 11:56 am
Newsom hands labor a win — and a defeat
When it comes to organized labor, Gov. Gavin Newsom giveth and Gov. Gavin Newsom taketh away. The governor on Wednesday signed into law one of the most controversial union-backed bills of the year, which takes aim at warehouse speed quotas that became infamous when reports surfaced of Amazon workers urinating in water bottles due to […]
Thu, Sep 23, 2021 5:40 amStay informed.
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