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Gov. Newsom expanded free preschool. Now private daycares say they can’t afford to stay open

There were once so many children at Frisha Moore’s Elk Grove preschool that families filled up the waitlist.

 

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Newsom touts gains against EBT theft as Trump presses blue states on benefits fraud

Two years after a wave of public benefit thefts that left low-income Californians scrambling to pay rent and afford food each month, Gov.

 

The fight over how to pay for Medi-Cal puts pressure on Newsom to raise taxes

California health care advocates, labor unions and progressive lawmakers are urging the governor and the Legislature to find new money to fund medical care and other social services for millions of low-income and disabled Californians.

 

Gavin Newsom’s legacy: Can he deliver on unmet promises in his final year as governor?

It’s Gavin Newsom’s final year in office as California governor — and his last chance to use his role as governor to audition for the national stage.

 

Newsom signs controversial bill letting relatives care for kids if parents are deported

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm of conservative criticism.

 

California prison system beginning $38M pilot project to test ways to keep cells cooler at 3 prisons

As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark on a $38 million pilot project to figure out how to keep their prison cells cool.

 

California court rules against baker in revival of same-sex wedding cake disputes

A Kern County baker violated California law when she refused to sell a cake to a lesbian couple for their wedding, a state appeals court ruled this week in a suit brought by the state’s Civil Rights Department.

 

Businesses sue state over new California workplace law

California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings at work.

 

California collects millions in stolen wages, but can’t find many workers to pay them

Nearly a year after California settled a major wage theft case with The Cheesecake Factory, most of the money hasn’t reached the workers, underscoring the state’s challenges in helping employees get back pay.

 

California is sitting on millions that could boost wage theft response

As lobbyists for businesses and labor groups negotiate with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on how to amend a California labor law that allows workers to sue their bosses, the two sides seem to agree on one thing.