In Berkeley, California, the City Council has adopted a three-pronged approach to supporting the growth of worker co-op businesses. It offers access to the city’s revolving loan fund, preferential treatment for contracting, and ongoing technical assistance. Will nearby Oakland follow suit?
Searching for a rationale for keeping nonprofit workers on wages too low to live on? Try these out—straight from Silicon Valley!
In the wake of successful teacher strikes in Los Angeles and Oakland, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill to require more transparency from charter schools.
After a seven-day strike, Oakland teachers reach a four-year agreement with the city’s school district. As in Los Angeles, the contract includes a provision asking the school board to join their L.A. counterparts in calling for a statewide charter school moratorium.
Converting an independent theater in Monterey, California to nonprofit ownership could ensure it remains a community asset for future generations.
Would you trade your self-determination for needed services? Should you be required to do so?
Is Teach for America encouraging its Corps members to cross the picket line? Some 300 program alumni think so, even though the nonprofit says it was misunderstood.
Oakland, California may be the next district to join the chain of #RedforEd-supported strikes across the country. Teachers voted by a 95–5 margin this week to authorize a strike by the end of the month.
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.
