Should a California union dictate how clinics spend money? Employers sue to block ballot measure

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s billionaires are not the only ones fighting back against the state’s largest health workers union this election season. Now the clinics are too. The California Primary Care Association, which represents more than 2,300 community health clinics, and Open Door Community Health Centers […]

A $7 cheeseburger reopened debate over bail in California. Here’s what the Supreme Court found

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Supreme Court held Thursday that judges should take someone’s financial circumstances into account when setting bail, a ruling that gives courts some flexibility to jail indigent defendants before trial.  The case turned on a $7 cheeseburger purchased with another person’s credit…

Meet the candidates for California lieutenant governor: ‘A job about nothing’

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The candidates running for lieutenant governor are apt to hint at the post’s largely symbolic and overlooked status when discussing their ambitions for the statewide office. It’s true that California’s lieutenant governor is mostly a ceremonial position. Eleni Kounalakis, who currently holds the…