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USC decision to deploy police on Gaza war protesters distorts public perception against students May 1, 2024
In summary A University of Southern California students says the actions and statements by administrators in recent weeks, including the decision to send police to arrest 93 pro-Palestinian protesters, has wrongly skewed public sentiments against its own students. Guest Commentary written by Antonio Wu Antonio Wu is an undergraduate student studying public policy and communications […]
Why a CA campaign finance law could get blown up May 1, 2024
The floor of the state Senate chambers at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 29, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters In 2022, California lawmakers tried to stop “pay to play” by local elected officials — taking campaign money from various groups and then approving licenses, building permits and other goodies for the […]
Las universidades de California recibieron miles de millones en fondos de ayuda para la pandemia. ¿Qué pasará una vez que se acaben? May 1, 2024
Read this story in English En marzo de 2020, las universidades estaban al borde de una crisis. Los estudiantes estaban abandonando los estudios en masa y los colegios y universidades públicas de California predijeron que podrían perder miles de millones de dólares durante el año. Entra el gobierno federal. En tres cuotas durante el año […]
Aunque California protege sus árboles Joshua un nuevo proyecto de ley podría permitir que se talen más para el desarrollo urbano May 1, 2024
Read this story in English El asambleísta demócrata Juan Carrillo tiene sentimientos encontrados acerca de los árboles Joshua que se encuentran esparcidos por su extenso distrito desértico del sur de California. “El árbol Joshua es un símbolo icónico del alto desierto”, dijo a CalMatters. “Tenemos que salvar eso. Tenemos que preservarlo”. Al mismo tiempo, fue […]
California passed a law to stop ‘pay to play’ in local politics. After two years, legislators want to gut it May 1, 2024
In summary A 2022 law limits campaign contributions to $250 to local elected officials from a donor with a license, building permit or other proceeding before the officials. Now there’s a bill to raise the limit to $1,000 and loosen other restrictions. Described by its author as the “most significant political reform” in decades, a […]