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California Bill Aims to Crack Down on Predatory Labor Traffickers

Lawmakers poised to expand protections to hundreds of thousands of temporary migrant workers.

Capital & Main · Sep 5, 2025

Rent Control Delayed but Not Dead in California

Plus: Arkansas legalizes ADUs, activists sue to stop missing middle housing, and Trump's housing plans for federal lands

Reason · May 6, 2025

The 5% Solution: California’s Push for Rent Caps

Assemblymember Ash Kalra’s bill would improve the Tenant Protection Act. Landlords and developers have declared war.

Capital & Main · Apr 17, 2025

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For Health System Reform, Even With Majority Will, There Is No Way

Most Californians say they want single-payer care, but in the Legislature the health care industry has been unstoppable.

Capital & Main · May 2, 2024

California Often Leads Change, but Not for Single-Payer Health Care

Supporters say pushing yearly in Sacramento, even if unsuccessful, is vital to keep leaders from ducking the issue.

Capital & Main · Apr 25, 2024

California bill to ban caste bias progresses in Assembly. Here’s how it has changed

A state bill to bolster California’s civil rights protections by banning caste discrimination cleared a major obstacle Wednesday, passing through the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 9-0 vote after some language changes.

Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023

California’s single-payer healthcare effort is dead. Why it isn’t going away

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There’s no bigger litmus test in the California Democratic Party than where a politician stands on single-payer healthcare.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022

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George Skelton: Single-payer health care in California is out of reach. Universal health care is a better bet

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After all the scuffling over single-payer health care legislation, the author mercifully killed the bill himself. It was smart — the only possible move that made sense.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2022

Single-payer health care proposal fizzles in California Assembly

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers declined to vote on a high-profile effort to overhaul California’s health care system on Monday, putting an end to a proposal that would have guaranteed medical coverage to every resident by levying billions in new taxes.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2022

Editorial: California single-payer bill shows state can't go it alone

Health care spending in the United States far exceeds that of other Western nations and results in far-worse outcomes than in countries with single-payer systems.

Tribune News Service · Jan 27, 2022

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