-
Sacramento, Calif. – California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., is encouraging California voters to vote early and to track their ballot. “Early voting provides flexibility for voters to exercise their constitutional right to vote,” noted Secretary Weber. “California provides voters with many options to vote, and we...
-
California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber urged voters to vote early in the Nov. 3 general election, confirming that the state’s mail-in ballot system remains unchanged despite federal challenges and rejecting claims of widespread election fraud. With ballots already being distributed by mail to every registered voter, Californians...
-
Ben Christopher & Nigel Duara CalMatters Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco broke the law and created “a substantial risk to election integrity” when he seized more than 650,000 ballots California’s Supreme Court ruled on the morning of Thursday September 24. The justices ruled unanimously that Bianco must return the...
-
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Just days before the start of school, some California State University students were still waiting to find out how much they’re getting in grants and loans, and university officials are blaming the federal government for those delays. But despite a flurry of social media complaints about...
-
Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters A pocos días del inicio del curso escolar, algunos estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de California seguían esperando saber cuánto recibirían en becas y préstamos, y los responsables universitarios culpan al gobierno federal de esas demoras. Pero a pesar de la avalancha de quejas en las...
-
Carolyn Jones CalMatters No se trata exactamente del “milagro de Mississippi”, pero los resultados de lectura en California han ido mejorando gradualmente desde que el estado invirtió miles de millones en transformar la forma en que los estudiantes aprenden a leer. Sin embargo, la escasez de tutores de alfabetización...
-
Carolyn Jones CalMatters It’s not quite the “Mississippi Miracle,” but California’s reading scores have been inching upwards since the state poured billions into changing the way students learn to read. A shortage of literacy coaches, however, may be preventing students from improving even more. In 2013, before California overhauled its...
-
Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California prohíbe a las compañías eléctricas cortar el suministro a los clientes que se atrasan en sus pagos cuando hace calor extremo, una medida de seguridad básica. En algunas zonas rurales, quedarse sin luz también puede significar quedarse sin agua, y en las ciudades, no tener...
-
Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California bars utilities from cutting off power to customers who fall behind on their bills when it’s dangerously hot outside – a basic safety protection. Losing power in some rural areas can also mean losing water, and in cities, having no way to cool down can...