California

  • California Senate Leader Introduces 100 Percent Clean Energy Measure

    SACRAMENTO – California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) on Tuesday May 2nd introduced Senate Bill 100, The California Clean Energy Act of 2017, which puts the state on the path to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2045. “California’s experience over the last decade offers hard...
  • Maestros de California marcharán en apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Cientos de maestros y empleados de escuelas marchan hoy en Sacramento para manifestar su apoyo a la comunidad inmigrante de California, y su rechazo a los ataques de la administración Trump. La marcha y manifestación paso el día 31 de marzo, día...
  • Calif. Educators March to Show Support for Immigrant Community

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hundreds of educators are marched on Cesar Chavez Day – in Sacramento to show their solidarity with immigrants in California and to oppose the immigration and education policies of the Trump administration. The march and rally kick off the 75th annual...
  • California, A Safe State for Undocumented Immigrants

    Estephany Haro El Observador On Monday, the California senate passed bill SB 54 in response of President Trump’s anti-immigration policies. The bill, proposed by California State Senate President Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) would apply a set of sanctuary policies statewide that would prevent law enforcement from working with...
  • La organización de “Latinos Marinos” toma el Capitolio de California

    Una nueva generación de activistas latinos quieren tener un rol más activo en las políticas del medio ambiente Jenny Manrique Especial para El Observador La celebración del Día del Océano en California no ha tenido la cantidad de latinos presentes como en esta versión del 2017. Aunque comenzó formalmente...
  • Too Many High School Suspensions Cost California Billions

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could save billions of dollars by reducing the number of high school suspensions and favoring rehabilitation over punishment, according to a new study by the California Dropout Research Project. Researchers followed more than 100 randomly chosen 10th graders from across...
  • CA Advocates for Working Families Push to Keep State-Based Savings Accounts

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Advocates for working families are fighting to keep a proposed state-sponsored retirement savings program called Secure Choice, even as some in Congress are trying to undermine this type of plan. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote soon on a bill...
  • Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Combat Understaffing in California Dialysis Clinics

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) introduced legislation on February 15th to improve staffing at more than 550 dialysis clinics in California.  SB 349, the Dialysis Patient Safety Act, would mandate annual inspections of dialysis clinics and safer staffing levels. Current law requires inspections of dialysis clinics every six...
  • Defensores sienten nueva urgencia de defender Medicare

    Logan Pollard California News Service PASADENA, Calif – El Representante Republicano Tom Price, de Georgia, inicio el 13 de febrero su primera semana completa como Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (“Health and Human Services”). Y varios defensores de Medicare, como la AARP California, aprovechan el momento para llamar...
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