This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After months of financial strain, Planned Parenthood will get a $140 million lifeline to offset losses it sustained after Congress in July cut funding for the health system, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. The money will help Planned...
What Went Wrong When Marines Fired Over I-5? CA Leaders Demand Answers
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are demanding answers after a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton Saturday led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5, striking two California Highway Patrol vehicles. An artillery shell exploded over the freeway during...
A Scholarship for Black California Students Has to Accept White Applicants. Here’s Why
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is now available to anyone, regardless of race, after students and a right-leaning nonprofit organization sued the university for discrimination this July. The plaintiffs argued that the scholarship fund...
When ICE Comes to a California Hospital, Nurses and Doctors Must Protect Their Patients
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Armed men with dark, bulletproof vests entered my hospital unit just before dawn on June 19 and began loudly insisting I take them to a patient’s room. The agents demanded confidential information, saying the patient they were looking...
Supporters Way Ahead in Fundraising for Newsom’s Prop. 50, but Race Is Close
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California, listen up: Former President Barack Obama wants you to know that the whole nation is counting on you this November. “Democracy is on the ballot,” the 44th president says straight to camera in the latest advertisement from...
Cal State Workers Are Getting a One-Time Bonus, Paid for by a $144 Million Loan Due Next Year
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California State University system will seek a state loan of $144 million that it’ll have a year to repay at no interest, even though current projections show the system will have to add to its deficit to...
Newsom Signed a Data-Collection Law That Reversed One He Backed a Year Ago. What Changed?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A law that allowed the sharing of limitless amounts of personal data across the state to find people eligible for CalFresh was rescinded this week. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 593 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks,...
‘They Delayed, They Denied’: How Insurance Errors Endanger California Patients
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Mary Kuhn went to the emergency room at John Muir Medical Center because it felt like she was having a heart attack. Her chest and jaw hurt. Her tongue was numb. Instead of confirming a heart attack, testing...
Newsom Unveils $11 State Insulin for Californians: ‘We Took Matters Into Our Own Hands
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Starting next year, Californians with diabetes will be able to purchase state-branded insulin at steeply reduced prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today. Long-acting insulin pens will be available at pharmacies for $11 per pen — or $55 for...
Newsom Signs Controversial Bill Letting Relatives Care for Kids if Parents Are Deported
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. 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. Assembly Bill 495...