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Why are Black Californians leaving the state? April 19, 2024
Crowd at a 2021 Juneteenth celebration in Los Angeles. Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP Photo Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry. For the first time in decades, California’s Black population decreased, from 2.2 million people in 2000 to 2.1 million now. Also Black Californians have moved away from urban centers […]
CA workers to get indoor heat protections April 19, 2024
Employees make burgers at an In-N-Out restaurant in San Francisco on March 20, 2023. Photo by Chin Hei Leung, SOPA Images/Sip USA via Reuters The long and winding road to indoor heat protections for California workers took another turn Thursday: Cal/OSHA officials announced that they plan to finish rules this summer, covering employees in industries […]
A plan to change your utility rates is dividing California environmentalists. Here’s why April 19, 2024
In summary The California Public Utilities Commission will consider on May 9 a new proposal that would change how Californians pay for electricity. On May 9, the California Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to vote on whether to let the state’s largest power providers slap most customers with a new fixed charge. Think of it […]
California has to rid itself of a ‘no’ mentality to change its relationship with cars April 19, 2024
.cm-author-block-group.has-white-color .wp-block-media-text__media{ border-radius: 0; } .cm-author-block-group.has-white-color .wp-block-media-text__content h3, .cm-author-block-group.has-white-color .wp-block-media-text__content p { color: white; } .cm-author-block-group.has-background + .wp-block-group.has-background { margin-top: inherit; } Earth Day Op-Ed Contest Winner: Second Place More than 70 high school students across California submitted opinion pieces to CalMatters’ second annual Earth Day contest. The 2024 contest theme was “What solution should Californians […]
We investigated California’s rehab for parolees. Now, the state is taking action April 19, 2024
In summary As the state moves to shrink its prison population, it hasn’t been measuring the effectiveness of a key parole program known as STOP, the Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is taking steps to begin measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the parole programs central to the […]