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Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters If you’re having trouble finding affordable car insurance, you’re not alone. Drivers across California say they’re having to wait longer than usual to get coverage — and when they finally find an insurer and a plan, they’re having to pay their premiums up front. “Something is...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters When California lawmakers passed a rent cap four years ago to protect tenants from large and frequent rent hikes, they exempted hundreds of thousands of units reserved for some of the state’s poorest renters. Low-income housing, after all, is usually built with public subsidies that already impose rent...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Cuando los legisladores de California aprobaron un tope de pago alquiler hace cuatro años para proteger a los inquilinos de aumentos grandes y frecuentes, eximieron a cientos de miles de unidades reservadas para algunos de los inquilinos más pobres del estado. Después de todo, las viviendas...
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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services Hate crimes in Los Angeles County surged in 2022, with attacks targeting a wide spectrum of racial and ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. The increase is attributed in part to a rise in reporting locally, but also tracks wider state, national and even global...
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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services Los delitos motivados por el odio en el condado de Los Ángeles aumentaron en 2022, con ataques dirigidos contra un amplio espectro de minorías raciales y étnicas, religiosas y sexuales. El aumento se atribuye en parte a un aumento de las denuncias a nivel...
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If congressional Republicans’ plans come to fruition before the end of the year, the migrant community will receive one of the most unpleasant Christmas “gifts” in recent history. This is the bill HR 5283, which has been used by Republicans as a spearhead in their closed-door negotiations with Democrats,...
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Si los planes de los republicanos del Congreso se materializan antes de fin de año, la comunidad de migrantes recibirá uno de los más desagradables “regalos” navideños de la historia reciente. Se trata de la iniciativa de ley HR 5283, que ha sido utilizada por los republicanos como punta de lanza...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters El 22 de noviembre, el presidente de la Asamblea, Robert Rivas, nombró nuevos líderes en la Legislatura estatal, incluidas 23 mujeres líderes de varios comités de la Asamblea, incluidas 14 mujeres de color. En esa lista se incluye la asambleísta Liz Ortega , quien encabezará el comité...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters On Nov. 22, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas appointed new leadership in the state Legislature, including 23 female leaders of various Assembly committees, including 14 women of color. Included in that list is Assemblymember Liz Ortega, who will lead the Labor committee on the heels of a strike-filled summer and several...