The shortage of nurses and doctors to take care of all the incoming COVID-19 patients is an even bigger issue than the limited ICU beds, experts told me. Doctors can warehouse patients temporarily in a hospital tent or empty building, but patients still need someone to come hook up their […]
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Understanding California’s FAIR plan | Bankrate
Home insurance in California is not legally required, but if you have a mortgage on your home, your lender might require you to purchase coverage. Even if your mortgage is paid off, buying homeowners insurance in California is a good investment. However, factors like the age of your home, your […]
Essential California: California’s first Gen Z legislator
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Nov. 6, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Meet Alex Lee. He’s 25 and, until recently, was working part time for an app-based delivery service to make ends meet. The Gen Z Democrat will soon be California’s youngest legislator. […]
Opinion | The Problems with Prop 24 and California’s Internet Privacy Law
Jacob Snow, a lawyer with the A.C.L.U. of California, pointed to a provision in Prop 24 that adds shopper loyalty clubs to the list of entities that can withhold discounts for customers who ask that personal data be withheld from collection. He said that amounts to a tax on lower-income […]
California’s fabled wine region is having ‘the most horrible, devastating and catastrophic year’
Dario Sattui has seen a lot in his half-century in the wine business, but never a year as brutal as this one. “First of all, we had the COVID shutdowns for three months. Then, after the first fires in the hills, visitors didn’t come,” Sattui, 78, said of blazes in […]
The Big Business attack on California’s landmark privacy law moves to the ballot box
Back in 2018, after years of consumers’ privacy rights being trampled by businesses with the indulgence of the federal government, California enacted its own consumer privacy law. The California Consumer Privacy Act is a landmark. It gives Californians greater privacy protection than consumers anywhere this side of Europe. The existing […]
Coronavirus complicates California’s worst power shortage in two decades
SANTA MONICA, CA – AUG. 15, 2020.: Beachgoers create a forest of umbrellas as thousands seek refuge in Santa Monica with temperatures reaching triple digits and beyond in inland valleys and deserts on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. A heatwave caused by a high pressure system over Southern California is expected […]
As Trump pressures schools to reopen, California’s 2 largest school districts say they’re going to start online only in the fall
President Trump is seen outside the White House on July 11, 2020. Joshua Roberts/Getty The Los Angeles and San Diego unified school systems said they’ll be starting the fall semester off online in a joint statement. The announcement comes after President Donald Trump said he’d pressure states to reopen in-person […]
California’s largest state worker union accepts two furlough days in pay cut deal with Newsom
State workers represented by California’s largest public employees union will take two furlough days per month for two years under an agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, according to details posted online Friday night. The two furlough days for SEIU Local 1000 equate to a 9.23 percent pay reduction, but […]
How hucksters and would-be profiteers invaded California’s online COVID-19 marketplace
In early April, Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a website where people and companies could help California gear up for the coronavirus pandemic. The portal was designed as a marketplace for middlemen, manufacturers and business giants to pitch deals and donations with the state, which was scrambling to obtain medical supplies […]