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California
Safety net home insurance plans are becoming the only option for many in disaster-prone states
by
Scott Rodd
May 20, 2024
As private insurance companies retreat in states hit by climate-fueled disasters, safety net insurance plans are left to fill the gap.
Higher rates may not solve California's property insurance woes
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
May 6, 2024
With climate change hiking insurer costs, the state may allow catastrophe modeling as a stopgap, says former Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones.
Tired of your boss bugging you after hours? You want the "right to disconnect"
Apr 4, 2024
A bill in the California legislature would make the state the first in the nation to offer what's already law in France and about a dozen other countries.
These mobile home residents decided to buy their park to combat rising rents
by
Madi Bolanos
Mar 25, 2024
As Californians deal with rising rents and a housing shortage, one group of mobile home park residents in Fresno County secured affordable housing for themselves by purchasing the land from the park’s corporate landlord.
In California and beyond, the right-to-repair movement picks up speed
Feb 9, 2024
Fixit Clinics and other groups have formed communities devoted to reducing waste and costs by fixing broken devices.
How California plans to solve its large budget deficit
by
Matt Levin
Jan 12, 2024
It's not the only state with a problem.
How California's expansion of health coverage is affecting low-income undocumented immigrants
Jan 8, 2024
The eligibility expansion benefits the immigrants but may also bring savings to the entire system.
For public good, not for profit.
If reparations aren't politically viable, what's the next best thing?
by
Lee Hawkins
and Alex Schroeder
Jan 5, 2024
Scholars say local action directed at improving access to housing, health care and education are more likely to pass than cash payments.
California debates who should be eligible for reparations for slavery
by
Lee Hawkins
and Alex Schroeder
Jan 4, 2024
Recommendations start "with those folks who are clearly descendants of 250 years of wage theft in this country," says Sen. Steven Bradford.
2024 will be a big year for the reparations debate in California
by
Lee Hawkins
and Alex Schroeder
Jan 3, 2024
After a state task force issued a nearly 1,100-page report in 2023, lawmakers are starting to look at reparations policy options.