With existing funds, we could cover back rent for all low-income tenants during the pandemic. That it hasn’t happened is a matter of priorities.
Gavin Newsom
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A Green Transition for California
Today on TAP: Robert Kuttner speaks with study author Robert Pollin
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California’s Taxes: The Only Ones Suited for the 21st Century
Today on TAP: The Golden State continues to levy the most progressive taxes in the nation
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Gavin Newsom Has Never Been More Powerful, or More Vulnerable
The California governor is facing a recall election at the same time that he’s making numerous appointments to fill seats emptied by Vice President Harris and others.
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The Crisis in State Governments Isn’t the Budgets, It’s the Governance
Statewide tax revenue paints a better-than-expected picture, but the political climate says something else.
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Warren Buffett Is Not the Answer to California’s Energy Grid Problems
Governor Gavin Newsom has floated that America’s billionaire should buy PG&E. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
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California’s Success Exposes Jerry Brown’s Failure
Today on TAP: The flurry of Golden State legislation, and the man who stopped it until now
Posted inWorking in America
California Allows Child Care Workers to Unionize
Newly signed legislation gives bargaining rights to 40,000 workers—presaging the largest unionization drive in many years.
Posted inHousing
How California’s Tenants Won Statewide Rent Control
Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How California Left Undocumented Immigrants Out of Its EITC Expansion
America’s mega-state had the chance to mitigate the poverty of undocumented immigrants. It chose not to.