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Nigel Duara CalMatters It all started with a parking spot. On a breezy afternoon in September 2017, Chris Langer couldn’t find one that would accommodate his van and the ramp he uses for his wheelchair behind a San Diego lobster shop. What transpired next has been the subject of...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters California solía necesitar muchas, pero muchas prisiones. Prisiones grandes, prisiones pequeñas, prisiones con celdas especiales para líderes de pandillas y prisiones para condenados por artimañas financieras consideradas no violentas. Había tantos presos amontonados en tantas prisiones que los tribunales federales intervinieron y ordenaron que el estado...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters California used to need lots and lots of prisons. Big prisons, little prisons, prisons with special cells for gang leaders and prisons for those convicted of nonviolent financial chicanery. There were so many prisoners packed into so many prisons that federal courts intervened, mandating that the...
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While controversy rages on about the College Board’s Advanced Placement African American Studies course, Black students in a new survey say they want a more inclusive curriculum. In the survey by YouthTruth, Black students said they feel learning about Black American or African history can be a guiding factor...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters On a recent night, by the Miramar Reservoir in San Diego County, a man named Erwin sat at a picnic table scrolling through dozens of texts from his wife. He read aloud her warnings about police patrolling a road near their home. “‘There’s a lot of...
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In a significant course change, the California Department of Health Care Services announced that it has negotiated with five commercial health plans to provide Medi-Cal services in 2024, scratching a two-year-long bidding process for the coveted state contracts. This upends the state’s previous plans of awarding contracts to only...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Living on the streets of California is a deadly affair. The life expectancy of an unsheltered person is 50, according to national estimates, nearly 30 years less than that of the average Californian. As homelessness spirals out of control throughout the state, so too do deaths on the street, but...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters La perspectiva de una eventual campaña presidencial ha seguido a Gavin Newsom como una sombra durante décadas, incluso antes de que se convirtiera en político. En su anuario de último año en la Universidad de Santa Clara en 1989, su familia publicó un mensaje de felicitación...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters The prospect of an eventual presidential campaign has trailed Gavin Newsom like a shadow for decades — even before he ever became a politician. In his senior yearbook at Santa Clara University in 1989, his family published a congratulatory message with an eye to the White House: “Gavinsy by George...
Nigel Duara CalMatters It all started with a parking spot. On a breezy afternoon in September 2017, Chris Langer couldn’t find one that would accommodate his van and the ramp he uses for his wheelchair behind a San Diego lobster shop. What transpired next has been the subject of...
Nigel Duara CalMatters California solía necesitar muchas, pero muchas prisiones. Prisiones grandes, prisiones pequeñas, prisiones con celdas especiales para líderes de pandillas y prisiones para condenados por artimañas financieras consideradas no violentas. Había tantos presos amontonados en tantas prisiones que los tribunales federales intervinieron y ordenaron que el estado...
Nigel Duara CalMatters California used to need lots and lots of prisons. Big prisons, little prisons, prisons with special cells for gang leaders and prisons for those convicted of nonviolent financial chicanery. There were so many prisoners packed into so many prisons that federal courts intervened, mandating that the...
While controversy rages on about the College Board’s Advanced Placement African American Studies course, Black students in a new survey say they want a more inclusive curriculum. In the survey by YouthTruth, Black students said they feel learning about Black American or African history can be a guiding factor...
Wendy Fry CalMatters On a recent night, by the Miramar Reservoir in San Diego County, a man named Erwin sat at a picnic table scrolling through dozens of texts from his wife. He read aloud her warnings about police patrolling a road near their home. “‘There’s a lot of...
In a significant course change, the California Department of Health Care Services announced that it has negotiated with five commercial health plans to provide Medi-Cal services in 2024, scratching a two-year-long bidding process for the coveted state contracts. This upends the state’s previous plans of awarding contracts to only...
Kristen Hwang CalMatters Living on the streets of California is a deadly affair. The life expectancy of an unsheltered person is 50, according to national estimates, nearly 30 years less than that of the average Californian. As homelessness spirals out of control throughout the state, so too do deaths on the street, but...
Alexei Koseff CalMatters La perspectiva de una eventual campaña presidencial ha seguido a Gavin Newsom como una sombra durante décadas, incluso antes de que se convirtiera en político. En su anuario de último año en la Universidad de Santa Clara en 1989, su familia publicó un mensaje de felicitación...
Alexei Koseff CalMatters The prospect of an eventual presidential campaign has trailed Gavin Newsom like a shadow for decades — even before he ever became a politician. In his senior yearbook at Santa Clara University in 1989, his family published a congratulatory message with an eye to the White House: “Gavinsy by George...