Political Stories –Â Top stories Will California farms find enough workers amid Trumpâs immigration crackdown? —Â As the spring picking season approaches, farmworkers are convinced the fields will be raided by federal agents intent on rounding up undocumented immigrants and shipping them back to Mexico or Central America. With many fearing the authorities will also set up […]
Political Stories – Top stories Trumpâs proposed budget cuts would hit Valley hard in housing, health, broadcasting areas — President Donald Trumpâs federal budget proposes big funding cuts that Valley officials say could have devastating effects on federally funded services at the local level, including public housing, health and broadcasting systems. But local officials say the presidentâs proposal is just the first step in […]
Political Stories – Top stories From arts to prisons, Trumpâs budget means cuts in California â For every California winner, thereâs a loser in the 50-plus budget blueprint, making parts of the broad proposal unpalatable for Golden State lawmakers, including some Republicans. Its long-term congressional political prospects are uncertain, at best. McClatchy Newspapers article; Sacramento Bee editorial Dan Walters: California […]
Political Stories –Â Top stories U.S. budget cuts would be widely felt across California —Â President Donald Trump’s budget would deliver a painful financial blow to California, with the potential to push a state that has struggled for years to keep its books balanced back into the kind of red ink that consumed it after the housing […]
Political Stories – Top stories Fuller steps down as state Senate Republican leader — State Republican legislators finally found someone to take Jean Fuller’s job. Following a two-month search for a state senator willing to lead the Republican caucus of a legislative body dominated by Democrats, Fuller’s colleagues elected Patricia “Pat” Bates of Laguna Niguel on Tuesday. Bakersfield […]
Political Stories –Â Top stories 24 million would lose health coverage under GOP repeal bill in first decade, CBO says —Â An estimated 14 million people would lose health insurance in the first year of the Republican proposal to overturn Obamacare, according to a new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The number would rise over […]
Political Stories Top stories  Dan Walters: Jerry Brown wants to kill a test of coordinated services — The âCoordinated Care Initiativeâ is one of those uber-wonky, densely complex, acronym-laden pieces of governmental policy that may affect millions but only a handful of folks even profess to understand. And they may not have to even try to understand it, […]
Political Stories –Â Top stories Dan Walters: Brownâs school finance overhaul could be a cruel joke on poor kids —Â Whatâs happened â or, more accurately, not happened â in Los Angeles Unified is a sharp warning that left to their own devices, and under terrific pressure from unions and other groups for pieces of the extra […]
Political Stories –Â Top stories California insurance chief: 5 million in state could lose health coverage under âTrumpcareâ —Â California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones took a hard-line stance this week against the Obamacare repeal House Republicans are staking out, saying it could reverse advances California has made under the Affordable Care Act and strip 5 million Californians […]
Political Stories –Â Top stories Jeff Jardine: ICE agents regular to Stanislaus County jail, but few undocumented criminals get deported —Â The Stanislaus County jail, though, has avoided the ACLUâs circumspection. Why? Because the department long ago established procedures and protocols for dealing with immigrants who come through the jail, and for working with the ICE agents […]
