August 9, 2022 | Nicole Nixon
The bill would create a Fast Food Sector Council to set minimum workplace wages, hours and standards. It could drastically change the fast food and franchising industries in California.
August 8, 2022 | Mike Hagerty
The state’s Employement Development Department and unemployment insurance program is too focused on rooting out fraud and minimizing business costs than providing people with timely benefits, according to the LAO report.
August 7, 2022
Proposition 1, the constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion in California’s constitution, would also lock in a right that has gotten less attention: the right to “choose or refuse” contraception.
August 1, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
The announcement comes three days after the state said it continued to review data about the virus. San Francisco made a similar declaration last Thursday.
August 1, 2022 | Nicole Nixon
The Legislature has already approved new gun restrictions, but big battles remain over mental health treatment, COVID-19 vaccines and more.
July 31, 2022
In California elections, it only takes a handful of signatures and votes for legislative write-in candidates to get on the November ballot. Eleven made it this year, though some won very little support.
July 29, 2022 | Janelle Salanga
San Francisco declared a state of emergency over rising cases of monkeypox Thursday. State health officials say they’re taking the outbreak “very seriously” and expecting thousands of vaccine doses from the federal government.
July 26, 2022
A judge rules that a proposition to raise the California minimum wage to $18 an hour can’t go before voters until 2024.
July 22, 2022 | Nicole Nixon
The Democratic governor lauded the legislation as “perhaps the most impactful thing” the state has done to prevent gun violence, though experts say it will likely face legal challenges.
July 17, 2022
The new federal number is billed as an alternative to 911 for people experiencing mental health emergencies. A bill would allow California to fund call centers with new fees on phone lines.
