In California, Governor Gavin Newsom submits his first budget, which calls for over $1.8 billion in spending to boost early childhood education and child supports throughout the state.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, two courts have banned assessing fees to parolees for probation programs. In Alameda County, these fees had averaged $6,000 per person, a financial blow that put former prisoners in debt and often led to recidivism.
Harvard University’s endowment manager, Harvard Management Co., is buying up arable land with water reserves in drought-stricken California. What does this mean for the distribution of resources?
As the recent wildfires ravaging California add to the state’s growing housing crisis, how will nonprofits address both the new and old homeless populations?
Rent control is dealt a blow in California—what effects will that have on the rental affordability crisis?
The California Wellness Foundation reaffirms its commitment to health care, quality education, good jobs, and clean and safe neighborhoods with another round of sabbatical grants.
On Tuesday, San Francisco’s residents voted to approve Proposition C, a tax on business gross receipts that’s expected to raise $300 million a year, an amount that would double the city’s budget for addressing homelessness.
State initiatives and referenda, originally implemented to stem corruption, have sometimes been its instrument.
Almost as soon as it was signed, California’s radical net neutrality bill faced suits from the Department of Justice and the broadband industry’s four main lobbying groups.
The reasons include, “I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment” and “There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experience to sit on the board—the issues covered are extremely complex.” Feel free to add your own.
