by jpitney | Jan 7, 2024 | California Politics, Insurance
Dan Walters at CalMatters: While Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators wrestle with a massive state budget deficit this year, a few blocks from the Capitol another crisis that could have far more impact on California families will be playing out. Ricardo Lara,...
by jpitney | Dec 30, 2023 | California Politics, Higher Education, Public Service
Mallika Seshadri at EdSource: College students are earning money for public service as part of the College Corps, a new state program, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. With $73.1 million from California’s general fund, College Corps pays thousands of college...
by jpitney | Dec 13, 2023 | Bureaucracy, California Politics, Housing, Inequality
Will Parker and Christine Mai-Duc at WSJ: A Los Angeles nonprofit was given government land in January 2007 to build a few dozen units of affordable housing. They’re finally hoping to open the building next year. Lorena Plaza, a 49-unit development rising in the...
by jpitney | Nov 11, 2023 | Business, California Politics, China
Frank Shyong at LAT: When my reporting takes me to the San Gabriel Valley, I often stop at Jim’s Bakery for egg tarts, Ba Le for banh mi and Alice’s Kitchen for rice rolls, if my diet can justify it. But they were all closed Tuesday, a common day off for restaurants —...
by jpitney | Sep 29, 2023 | Bipartisanship, California Politics, Civility, Senate
Veteran journalist Jerry Roberts at WP on the passing of Senator Dianne Feinstein: Feinstein has died at the age of 90. In political time, her demise seems far more than the end of a mere era — more like the passing of an eon. As politician, policymaker and uncommonly...
by jpitney | Sep 16, 2023 | California Politics, Census, Poverty
Dan Walters at CalMatters: Congratulations California, you’ve done it again — retained your title of having the highest level of poverty of any state. The Census Bureau released new economic data Tuesday, including both official poverty rates for 2022 and what are...
