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Yue Stella Yu & Sameea Kamal CalMatters Lisamaría Martínez no está segura de cuándo votó en persona por última vez. Pero recuerda las botas que usó ese día: sus “fabulosas”, nuevas botas azul marino con tacones gruesos, que le provocaron ampollas en su caminata de una milla de largo...
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Yue Stella Yu & Sameea Kamal CalMatters Lisamaria Martinez isn’t sure when she last voted in person. But she remembers the boots she wore that day — her “fabulous,” new navy blue boots with chunky heels, which gave her blisters on her mile-long walk back home from the polling...
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Sameea Kamal CalMatters Around the U.S., the effort to withhold votes from President Biden until he demands a permanent ceasefire in Gaza has made some noise. Following Michigan, in which 13% of Democrats voted “uncommitted,” 29% did so in Hawaii, 19% in Minnesota and 13% in North Carolina. In California, more than six in ten...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Los californianos sin seguro médico se enfrentan nuevamente a sanciones fiscales este año, y algunos pueden pagar más en multas de lo que gastarían en comprar cobertura, dicen funcionarios estatales. Esto se debe a que algunos de ellos pueden calificar para un seguro fuertemente subsidiado...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Californians without health insurance are again facing tax penalties this year, and some may pay more in fines than they’d spend buying coverage, state officials say. That’s because some of them may qualify for heavily subsidized insurance and not know it. California’s insurance marketplace, Covered California,...
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Se crearan mas de 2 millones de empleos en California cada ano hasta 2031, y el 72% de ellos requerira mas que un diploma de escuela secundaria, segun un nuevo informe. Investigadores del Centro sobre Educacion y Fuerza Laboral de la Universidad de Georgetown proyectan que la economia nacional generara...
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More than two million jobs will be created in California each year through 2031 – and 72% of them will require more than a high school diploma, according to a new report. Researchers at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce project the national economy will generate 18.5...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters Las ciudades del interior, incluidas Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia y Riverside, que alguna vez fueron opciones más baratas que lugares costosos como el Área de la Bahía, ya no son refugios de la crisis de asequibilidad de viviendas de California. Desde el comienzo de la pandemia, el...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters Inland cities including Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia and Riverside — once cheaper options than pricey places such as the Bay Area — are no longer refuges from California’s housing affordability crisis. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the typical asking rent in these former bastions of relative...