Ash Kalra

A Garrison Project and CalMatters analysis of the Racial Justice Act found about a dozen successful cases in which judges took action on racial bias in the legal process.

With the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild on strike, Hollywood has shut down. As workers demand fair compensation and regulation over the use of artificial intelligence, college students hoping to break into the entertainment industry are caught up in the historic moment.

Two proposals that would usher in single-payer health care have divided former allies in the fight for reform.

It’s strike season in California, again. Today, fast food workers across the state are set to picket outside of Starbucks, Chipotle, Jack in the Box and other restaurants to protest the companies’ efforts to qualify a 2024 referendum to overturn a new state law. The first-in-the-nation law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Labor Day, […]

The state is a national leader in labor law, experts say, but its agency enforcing wage theft rules in California still struggles to staff up.

The state Assembly had to pass the California single-payer bill by Monday for it to stay alive, but its author didn't bring it up for a vote.

Three of the California governor’s boldest health care promises — including affordable medications and universal health care — have made little progress so far.

A state effort to create green jobs after the Great Recession fell short. Will new California job training programs do any better coming out of the pandemic?

Un esfuerzo estatal para crear empleos verdes después de la Gran Recesión se quedó corto. ¿Saldrán mejor los nuevos programas de capacitación laboral de California después de la pandemia?

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, April 13. Solutions elusive When it comes to California’s big problems, big money isn’t always enough. Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign into law a $536 million wildfire prevention bill lawmakers sent to his desk on Monday. But even as the state Assembly and Senate unanimously passed the bill — […]