Unable to persuade California voters to do away with capital punishment altogether, the movement to abolish the death penalty is quietly shifting its strategy to shrinking the nation’s largest Death Row. View the full story at this link.
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Contentious plans for the Charcot Avenue Extension project in North San Jose have reached the end of the road.
Kris Hotchkiss, a college student in California, lives in a van borrowed from a close friend. A San José State U. professor and a state senator are working to help students experiencing homelessness.
Thousands of California workers whose employers collectively owe them millions of dollars in unpaid wages are at risk of never seeing the money they earned, as the state watchdog agency investigating wage-theft cases is failing to resolve them in a timely way, according to labor enforcement experts and worker advocates.
A California lawmaker wants to pay thousands of low-income students $500 monthly stipends to help them get by. The idea is modeled after universal basic income programs. Read the full story here.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers said Tuesday they have worked out a deal to bring back paid COVID-19 sick leave. View the full story here.
California may soon experiment with giving $500 a month to low-income students in the California State University system, the Los Angeles Times reported.