ICE arrests alarm California’s community colleges. How much can campus officials do?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Immigration enforcement agents are inciting panic at California’s community colleges. Santa Monica College said that one of its students was arrested and deported last May. Then in December, Santa Barbara City College said that federal immigration officers used their campus parking lot as […]
High-speed rail board limits CEO contract authority after $600,000 travel scandal
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The board that oversees the California High-Speed Rail Authority voted Friday to rein in Chief Executive Ian Choudri’s contracting authority following a state investigation that showed consultants billed the agency $600,000 in questionable travel expenses. The investigation by the office of inspector general…
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Not only has Gov. Gavin Newsom vocally opposed the proposed California billionaire tax, but he also wants to prevent the state from ever passing a wealth tax in the future. On Friday he endorsed Proposition 42, a ballot measure that would cancel out…
Sudden surge in ICE arrests empties streets in California’s San Joaquin Valley
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In a dim storefront near downtown Fresno, a family gathered to mourn. They wore memorial T-shirts, lit candles, and told stories about their patriarch through tears and sobs. Luis Arreguin didn’t die, but to his closest loved ones, it feels like it. The…
Prop 45 explained: CEQA overhaul could shift who holds power over building
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In 2014, residents…
California’s biggest state worker union authorizes strike in Newsom’s last months
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s largest state worker union says it’s ready to strike in the final…
¿Por qué multimillonarios de otros estados están financiando una medida de identificación de votantes en California?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. ¿Quieres saber quién…
