Biden meets with GOP lawmakers on virus aid plans
President Joe Biden met late Monday with a group of Republican senators who have proposed a slimmed down $618 billion coronavirus aid package — a fraction of the $1.9 trillion
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Google antes up $2.6 million to settle pay, job discrimination case
Google will pay $2.6 million to more than 5,500 employees and past job applicants to resolve allegations that the internet giant discriminated against female engineers and Asians in California and
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California cities, counties failing again on affordable housing goals
Only 3% of California’s cities and counties are fully on track to meet state goals to build sufficient housing — and 30% are failing to issue any permits at all
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Biden order poised to expand Bay Area homeless programs
After spending years in and out of homelessness and prison, Randy Scott was living beside a creek in San Pablo last spring when he was offered a motel room. Eight months
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If you received unemployment last year, you could be in for a surprise at tax time
Tens of millions of Americans collected unemployment benefits for at least some period of time last year due to the pandemic’s hit on the economy. After the stress of losing
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Most big cities were in bad fiscal shape before the pandemic. Expect it to get worse
It’s a bit like hiding credit card bills under the mattress and declaring that everything’s fine: Cities, a watchdog group says, don’t include the true costs of government in the
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San Mateo County to Consider $1M Fund for Restaurants, Breweries, Wineries
San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors will consider establishing a million-dollar relief fund for restaurants, breweries and wineries at its board meeting on Tuesday. The meeting begins at 9 a.m.
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California Seizes Control Over Struggling Vaccine Delivery
California is changing up the way it is delivering coronavirus vaccines, moving to a more centralized system that is expected to streamline appointment sign-up, notification, and eligibility for nearly 40
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State to Launch COVID-19 Vaccination Hub, Notify Residents When Vaccine Eligible
California plans to launch a coronavirus vaccination information and data hub in the coming weeks that will allow state residents to sign up for alerts when they are eligible to
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COVID-19 dominates California’s latest workplace regulations
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, California lawmakers and regulatory agencies spent much of 2020 passing legislation and issuing regulations to prevent and address the spread of COVID-19 in the
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