4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (688+ words) An El Segundo-based home care company is laying off 738 healthcare workers across California, with layoffs scheduled to begin Sept. 15. But the bigger story may not be the jobs being lost. It is what happens to the Medi-Cal patients who depend…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (909+ words) Proposition 39 would change how California voters prove their identity when they cast a ballot. The measure would also require election officials to make greater efforts to verify the citizenship of registered voters and would create additional rules for maintaining voter…...

3+ week, 6+ min ago   (922+ words) California has spent billions of public dollars trying to address housing affordability, homelessness and housing instability. Yet for millions of Californians, buying a home remains out of reach. A new OpenTheBooks report, “Extreme Makeover: American Dream Edition” puts a striking…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1485+ words) California’s unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in July, reaching its lowest level since February 2024. That sounds like good news for workers. But the same report contains a number that tells a very different story: California lost 20,500 nonfarm payroll jobs in July....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1250+ words) But there is an important point to understand first: This is a proposed rule. It does not mean California colleges are suddenly losing accreditation, and it does not immediately cancel students’ financial aid. The proposal, formally published in the Federal…...