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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Stubborn poverty continues to plague the Golden State, which maintains the worst poverty rate in the nation, with 14.3 percent of residents, and almost 20 percent of children, living below the federal poverty line. However, the new Census numbers on poverty...
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Aim is to Block U.S. Department of Justice from Controlling Local Law Enforcement Policy SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.—On August 31, 2017, the County of Santa Clara is filing an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” brief on behalf of 42 cities, counties, municipal agencies, and organizations across the...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators have moved one step closer to placing big restrictions on the use of a pesticide that President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency refused to ban earlier this year. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation just released an updated draft...
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Senate Calls for Hearings on Rise of White Supremacist Movement SACRAMENTO – The first order of business for Senators returning to the State Capitol on Monday August 21st was to unequivocally denounce the recent act of terror in Charlottesville, Virginia. Senators forcefully condemned the violent racism, anti-Semitism, and...
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Es increíble que en una economía tan robusta y diversa como la de California, cerca de un millón de personas no tienen acceso a agua limpia y económica en sus casas, escuelas y negocios. El problema: La Junta Estatal de Control de Recursos Hídricos, publicó un mapa mostrando los...
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Jenny Manrique Especial para El Observador A menos que tengan una orden judicial, los agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE en inglés) no tienen derecho a entrar a los lugares de trabajo a buscar indocumentados y los empleadores tampoco tienen el deber de darles acceso...
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SACRAMENTO – El Presidente pro Tempore del Senado de California, Kevin de León (D-Los Ángeles), dio a conocer la siguiente declaración esta semana después de que el Senado del Estado de California aprobara un paquete de proyectos de ley para extender el histórico programa estatal de Límites y Comercio,...
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Eric Tegethoff California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A bill introduced Wednesday in the California Legislature aims to protect water resources in the state’s deserts. Assembly member Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, introduced Assembly Bill 1000, known as the California Desert Protection Act, to strengthen safeguards for desert groundwater so that...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – California has made major strides in getting kids insured, but still ranks only 37th in the nation for overall child well-being due to persistent pockets of poverty, according to the latest KIDS COUNT Data Book, out today from the Annie E....
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Stubborn poverty continues to plague the Golden State, which maintains the worst poverty rate in the nation, with 14.3 percent of residents, and almost 20 percent of children, living below the federal poverty line. However, the new Census numbers on poverty...
Aim is to Block U.S. Department of Justice from Controlling Local Law Enforcement Policy SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.—On August 31, 2017, the County of Santa Clara is filing an amicus curiae or “friend of the court” brief on behalf of 42 cities, counties, municipal agencies, and organizations across the...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators have moved one step closer to placing big restrictions on the use of a pesticide that President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency refused to ban earlier this year. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation just released an updated draft...
Senate Calls for Hearings on Rise of White Supremacist Movement SACRAMENTO – The first order of business for Senators returning to the State Capitol on Monday August 21st was to unequivocally denounce the recent act of terror in Charlottesville, Virginia. Senators forcefully condemned the violent racism, anti-Semitism, and...
Es increíble que en una economía tan robusta y diversa como la de California, cerca de un millón de personas no tienen acceso a agua limpia y económica en sus casas, escuelas y negocios. El problema: La Junta Estatal de Control de Recursos Hídricos, publicó un mapa mostrando los...
Jenny Manrique Especial para El Observador A menos que tengan una orden judicial, los agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE en inglés) no tienen derecho a entrar a los lugares de trabajo a buscar indocumentados y los empleadores tampoco tienen el deber de darles acceso...
SACRAMENTO – El Presidente pro Tempore del Senado de California, Kevin de León (D-Los Ángeles), dio a conocer la siguiente declaración esta semana después de que el Senado del Estado de California aprobara un paquete de proyectos de ley para extender el histórico programa estatal de Límites y Comercio,...
Eric Tegethoff California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A bill introduced Wednesday in the California Legislature aims to protect water resources in the state’s deserts. Assembly member Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, introduced Assembly Bill 1000, known as the California Desert Protection Act, to strengthen safeguards for desert groundwater so that...
Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – California has made major strides in getting kids insured, but still ranks only 37th in the nation for overall child well-being due to persistent pockets of poverty, according to the latest KIDS COUNT Data Book, out today from the Annie E....