September 20, 2019 Op-Ed: Gov. Gavin Newsom Should Do the Right Thing and Fund Rape Crisis Centers By Tanis Crosby, Sarita Kohli and Erin OBrien Counties shouldn’t be picking up the slack where the state has failed to invest in programs that address sexual and gender-based violence. Read More 12
September 16, 2019 New State Law Rewrites the Rules for Police Use of Force—But Not Much Changes for SJPD By Nicholas Chan While AB 392 raises the standard for when police can use deadly force, SB 230 will overhaul training manuals to reflect the new threshold. Read More 2
August 21, 2019 Gov. Newsom Signs Landmark Police Use-of-Force Bill Into Law By Nicholas Chan Come Jan. 1, 2020, California police will only be allowed to resort to deadly force if they have no other options. Read More 4
August 15, 2019 New State Law Aims to Prevent Hairstyle-Based Discrimination By San Jose Inside The Crown Act expands definitions of racial discrimination to include traits historically associated with race—like hairstyle. Read More 11
July 31, 2019 Too Close to Home: South Bay Looks for Answers in Wake of Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting By Jennifer Wadsworth and Nick Veronin The Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, which took three innocent lives, underscores the intractability of gun violence in America. Read More 8
July 28, 2019 Multiple People Killed, Gunman Shot Dead at Gilroy Garlic Fest By Silicon Valley Newsroom Four people were killed and at least a dozen wounded in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Sunday evening. Read More 2
July 22, 2019 California’s New Wildfire Plan: Five Things You Should Know By Julie Cart, CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation less than a week after the first elected official cleared his throat to introduce the package. Read More 1
July 2, 2019 Dynamex Decision: How Millions of Workers Could be Swept Up in a Bill Aimed at the Gig Economy By Judy Lin, CALmatters Do you freelance? Have a side hustle? Then you should be paying attention to a major employment fight coming to a head in Sacramento. Read More 0
June 14, 2019 California Just Passed a $215 Billion State Budget. Here’s What’s Between the Lines By Judy Lin, CALmatters Here’s what you need to know about the new budget, which is surgical about taxing and spending while still keeping promises to help the poor. Read More 8
June 3, 2019 Calif. Dems Loudly Lean Left—But Quietly Make a Safe Choice By Ben Christopher Fourteen 2020 presidential contenders spoke at the California Democratic Party convention, and all but a couple called for change. Read More 10
June 3, 2019 State AG Xavier Becerra Sues Trump Over Bullet Train Funds By Jaqueline McCool The California attorney geberal is accusing Trump of “trying to exact political retribution” by pulling money from the bullet train project. Read More 3
May 21, 2019 With California’s Most Closely Watched Housing Bill on Life Support, What’s Next? By Matt Levin, CALmatters SB 50 would have prevented cities from banning mid-rise apartments around public transit, but it failed to advance past a key committee. Read More 3
May 21, 2019 Trump Wants to Open Santa Clara Valley Land for Oil Wells By Silicon Valley Newsroom The feds plan to open about 800,000 acres of public lands and underground federal mineral rights across across California to new oil drilling. Read More 19
May 17, 2019 Trump Yanks Billions From California High-Speed Rail By Jaqueline McCool This will pull over $2.5 billion in federal grants from the $79 billion transportation project, which has never been fully funded. Read More 19
May 15, 2019 Without Robust Grassroots Support, a Death Penalty Repeal May Be a Tough Sell in 2020 By Tom Gogola Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on capital punishment, will California voters finally put the death penalty out of its misery? Read More 5
May 14, 2019 Could Trump’s Tweets Stall High-Speed Rail in California? By Jaqueline McCool Federal officials are reportedly refusing to meet with the California High-Speed Rail Authority after one of Trump’s Twitter tirades. Read More 10