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Huge swaths of overgrown forests in California pose a risk for catastrophic wildfires, and today, the State Assembly will consider advancing two bills to promote intentional burns that lower the risk of disaster. The Beneficial Fire Capacity Act would allocate 10% of the annual wildfire resilience portion of the...
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Maya C. Miller, Jeremia Kimelman & Mohamed Al Elew CalMatters Hace dos años, Chiefer Danks de Rosedale, quien trabaja en la agricultura, creía que el expresidente Donald Trump estabilizaría la economía y haría que la vida volviera a ser más asequible, como lo era durante su primer mandato. Pero más de un...
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Maya C. Miller, Jeremia Kimelman & Mohamed Al Elew CalMatters Two years ago, Chiefer Danks of Rosedale, who works in agriculture, believed the former president would stabilize the economy and make life more affordable again as it was under his first administration. But more than a year into the...
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ChrisAnna Mink CalMatters Despite a seemingly unimpeachable goal — ensuring adequate child support to keep kids out of poverty — a bill making its way through the state Assembly has left legislators and advocates divided. The measure, from Elk Grove Democratic Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, would compel separated families to enroll in...
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Tfrontado CalMatters A pesar de un objetivo aparentemente intachable —garantizar una manutención infantil adecuada para evitar que los niños caigan en la pobreza—, un proyecto de ley que se está tramitando en la Asamblea estatal ha dividido a legisladores y activistas. La medida, propuesta por la asambleísta demócrata de...
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Nadia Lathan CalMatters The candidates running for lieutenant governor are apt to hint at the post’s largely symbolic and overlooked status when discussing their ambitions for the statewide office. It’s true that California’s lieutenant governor is mostly a ceremonial position. Eleni Kounalakis, who currently holds the position, is next...
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Nadia Lathan CalMatters Los candidatos a vicegobernador suelen aludir al carácter en gran medida simbólico y a menudo ignorado del cargo cuando hablan de sus ambiciones para ocupar dicho puesto a nivel estatal. Es cierto que el cargo de vicegobernador de California es principalmente ceremonial. Eleni Kounalakis, quien actualmente...
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SAN FRANCISCO — Cuando el sistema Bay Area Rapid Transit entró en funcionamiento en 1972, era la joya de la corona del transporte público moderno. Sin embargo, con la pandemia de COVID-19 se produjo una caída drástica en el número de pasajeros y una lucha constante por la supervivencia...
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SAN FRANCISCO — When the Bay Area Rapid Transit system launched in 1972 it was the crown jewel of modern mass transit. But with the Covid 19 pandemic came plummeting ridership and an ongoing fight for the agency’s survival. While BART’s future remains uncertain, a confluence of factors is spurring...
Huge swaths of overgrown forests in California pose a risk for catastrophic wildfires, and today, the State Assembly will consider advancing two bills to promote intentional burns that lower the risk of disaster. The Beneficial Fire Capacity Act would allocate 10% of the annual wildfire resilience portion of the...
Maya C. Miller, Jeremia Kimelman & Mohamed Al Elew CalMatters Hace dos años, Chiefer Danks de Rosedale, quien trabaja en la agricultura, creía que el expresidente Donald Trump estabilizaría la economía y haría que la vida volviera a ser más asequible, como lo era durante su primer mandato. Pero más de un...
Maya C. Miller, Jeremia Kimelman & Mohamed Al Elew CalMatters Two years ago, Chiefer Danks of Rosedale, who works in agriculture, believed the former president would stabilize the economy and make life more affordable again as it was under his first administration. But more than a year into the...
ChrisAnna Mink CalMatters Despite a seemingly unimpeachable goal — ensuring adequate child support to keep kids out of poverty — a bill making its way through the state Assembly has left legislators and advocates divided. The measure, from Elk Grove Democratic Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, would compel separated families to enroll in...
Tfrontado CalMatters A pesar de un objetivo aparentemente intachable —garantizar una manutención infantil adecuada para evitar que los niños caigan en la pobreza—, un proyecto de ley que se está tramitando en la Asamblea estatal ha dividido a legisladores y activistas. La medida, propuesta por la asambleísta demócrata de...
Nadia Lathan CalMatters The candidates running for lieutenant governor are apt to hint at the post’s largely symbolic and overlooked status when discussing their ambitions for the statewide office. It’s true that California’s lieutenant governor is mostly a ceremonial position. Eleni Kounalakis, who currently holds the position, is next...
Nadia Lathan CalMatters Los candidatos a vicegobernador suelen aludir al carácter en gran medida simbólico y a menudo ignorado del cargo cuando hablan de sus ambiciones para ocupar dicho puesto a nivel estatal. Es cierto que el cargo de vicegobernador de California es principalmente ceremonial. Eleni Kounalakis, quien actualmente...
SAN FRANCISCO — Cuando el sistema Bay Area Rapid Transit entró en funcionamiento en 1972, era la joya de la corona del transporte público moderno. Sin embargo, con la pandemia de COVID-19 se produjo una caída drástica en el número de pasajeros y una lucha constante por la supervivencia...
SAN FRANCISCO — When the Bay Area Rapid Transit system launched in 1972 it was the crown jewel of modern mass transit. But with the Covid 19 pandemic came plummeting ridership and an ongoing fight for the agency’s survival. While BART’s future remains uncertain, a confluence of factors is spurring...