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Hospital Closures, Cuts in Services Loom for Some Communities. How the State May Step in to Help.

By Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Five months after declaring a fiscal emergency and predicting that they’d run out of funds by early this year, officials at...

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A California Law Forced Police to Release Shooting Footage; Now Videos Follow the Same Script

By Nigel Duara CalMatters Ken Pritchett clicks his mouse and the logo of a Southern California police department pops up on a computer monitor the width...

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

CALMATTERS: California May Change Its Mental Health Funding: Why That Might Cut Some Services

By Kristen Hwang CalMatters For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this...

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

California High Schools are Adding Hundreds of Ethnic Studies Classes. Are Teachers Prepared?

By Megan Tagami CalMatters California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That...

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

State May Scale Down Its New Home Loan Program Designed to Assist First-Time Homebuyers

By Alejandro Lazo CalMatters In this economy, who has enough money for a down payment on a house? Despite a projected $25 billion budget deficit, the...

#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

After a Pandemic Pause, the State Will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility

By Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters California will soon restart its annual eligibility review for people enrolled in Medi-Cal, a process that has been suspended since the...

#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

Undoing the Past: Lawmakers Seek to Mend California Neighborhoods Sliced by Highways

By Wendy Fry CalMatters A new select committee in the California Legislature will explore ways the state can reconnect neighborhoods that decades ago were torn apart...

#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

Silicon Valley’s Vast Wealth Disparity Deepens as Poverty Increased

By Alejandro Lazo CalMatters A new study of Silicon Valley wealth, income and other economic measures shows vast disparities in one of the country’s wealthiest regions,...

A closeup of the podium where Gov. Gavin Newsom presented his budget breakdown in Sacramento on May 14, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

Newsom is nowhere to be found

THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — In a since-deleted Sunday tweet that appeared to lash out at people speculating about her husband’s cancellation and current whereabouts, First Partner Jennifer Siebel...

A student walks through Laurel Elementary in Oakland on June 11, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

Enrollment Keeps Dropping

THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — California is hiring a fiscal consultant to help San Francisco Unified — which is currently facing a $116 million shortfall — figure out how...

California Governor Gavin Newsom. In his state budget proposal released Jan. 10, Newsom formally announced more than $1 billion in homeless response funding, including $750 million for the Access to Housing and Services Fund, and making changes to the Medi-Cal system to better serve individuals experiencing mental illness and homelessness.

#NNPA BlackPress3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Newsom’s confusing COVID-19 decrees

BLACK VOICE NEWS — “When you have people that are struggling and suffering with severe mental health and brain health issues, when people are not attending...

(l-r) Gladys Limón And V. John White (Photo by: CALmatters)

Black Voice News4 years ago

California’s new Public Utilities Commission president must lead us to a gas-free future

BLACK VOICE NEWS — Everywhere you turn in California, clean energy technologies are winning out over gas. From Oxnard to Los Angeles and Glendale, to the Inland...

(l-r) Dr. Sandra Hernández and Raymond Baxter

Black Voice News4 years ago

California’s new budget invests in overlooked piece of health care puzzle: workers

BLACK VOICE NEWS — Is this the start of a new era for California’s health workforce? It sure looks like it. Gov. Gavin Newsom is poised...

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Hospital Closures, Cuts in Services Loom for Some Communities. How the State May Step in to Help.

A California Law Forced Police to Release Shooting Footage; Now Videos Follow the Same Script

CALMATTERS: California May Change Its Mental Health Funding: Why That Might Cut Some Services

California High Schools are Adding Hundreds of Ethnic Studies Classes. Are Teachers Prepared?

State May Scale Down Its New Home Loan Program Designed to Assist First-Time Homebuyers

After a Pandemic Pause, the State Will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility

Undoing the Past: Lawmakers Seek to Mend California Neighborhoods Sliced by Highways

Silicon Valley’s Vast Wealth Disparity Deepens as Poverty Increased

Newsom is nowhere to be found

Enrollment Keeps Dropping

COMMENTARY: Newsom’s confusing COVID-19 decrees

California’s new Public Utilities Commission president must lead us to a gas-free future

California’s new budget invests in overlooked piece of health care puzzle: workers

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Hospital Closures, Cuts in Services Loom for Some Communities. How the State May Step in to Help.

A California Law Forced Police to Release Shooting Footage; Now Videos Follow the Same Script

CALMATTERS: California May Change Its Mental Health Funding: Why That Might Cut Some Services

California High Schools are Adding Hundreds of Ethnic Studies Classes. Are Teachers Prepared?

State May Scale Down Its New Home Loan Program Designed to Assist First-Time Homebuyers

After a Pandemic Pause, the State Will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility

Undoing the Past: Lawmakers Seek to Mend California Neighborhoods Sliced by Highways

Silicon Valley’s Vast Wealth Disparity Deepens as Poverty Increased

Newsom is nowhere to be found

Enrollment Keeps Dropping

COMMENTARY: Newsom’s confusing COVID-19 decrees

California’s new Public Utilities Commission president must lead us to a gas-free future

California’s new budget invests in overlooked piece of health care puzzle: workers

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