@calmatters

@calmatters has been a member of Linktree for 7 years and joined in January 2019. The social media accounts linked to from @calmatters are: • Facebook • YouTube • LinkedIn • Email • X Besides social media accounts, calmatters has populated their site with: • Stay informed, subscribe for free • Newsom signs bill to regulate wages for fast food workers • A state program that provides children’s hearing aids may be expanded to include more families • Help paying water bills may be on way for low-income Californians • Lawmakers approve groundbreaking internet privacy law for kids • ‘Forcing the hand’: Gavin Newsom leans into legislative agenda as first term nears end • Newsom’s call now: Tracking California bills passed in the 2022 legislative session • ‘Close to the line:’ California’s top campaign finance watchdog wants a deeper look at donor network • Rival fast-track housing bills? California lawmakers pick both • Wage Theft: Car wash workers in $2.3 million case await pay 3 years later • Electric day in California: State to phase out sales of gas cars • California governor vetoes supervised drug injection sites • Labor unions have a week to agree on housing bills. Can they do it? • Why Cal State struggles to graduate Black students — and what could be done • Frustration spurs California parents to run for school boards • California’s fast food bill could link chains to wage theft and other workplace violations • Monkeypox resources are scarce in California’s Central Valley • Four things to know about Colorado River water in California • California’s climate countdown: Can the state power through it? • In Absentia: No Latino Superior Court judges in these majority-Latino California counties • California monkeypox response is bumpy, but builds on some lessons from COVID • Bounty hunting: Foes of guns and abortion resurrect an old idea • Could this COVID program help reduce the California housing crisis? • Lightning could spark more California fires as world warms • Wrangling over renewables: Counties push back on Newsom administration usurping local control • Force multipliers: How one donor network is pushing the envelope on California campaign money • Kaiser mental health workers signal open-ended strike in Northern California • Can Californians afford electric cars? Wait lists for rebates are long and some programs have shut down • Buckle up for a busy month in Sacramento • Will California declare monkeypox state of emergency? • Delta tunnel: Salmon at risk from massive water project, state report says • How bad is California’s housing crisis for renters? • New police accountability laws up demands on state agencies • When employers steal wages from workers • California counties siphon Social Security benefits from some foster kids • Some COVID orphans in California will get financial help • Low-income students are more likely to be in classrooms with underqualified teachers • California poised to restrict bee-killing pesticides • Got an eviction notice? This California website will help you file a response. • Health care costs keep rising. A new California agency aims to fix that • Dial 988: State’s new mental health crisis hotline debuts • CARE Court: Can California counties make it work? • Abortion pills will soon be available on California campuses • Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups — and poor graduation data obscures the crisis • Some seniors and disabled people will miss out on new California state payments • CalMatters celebrates 7 years of informing Californians • Could California be the first state to offer universal access to health care coverage for all residents, regardless of immigration status?