Sacramento County supervisors OK 36% salary increase for themselvesMay 23, 2023 | Kristin LamThe new annual salary of $173,398 will go into effect on June 4, a county spokesperson confirmed.
Judge orders psychiatric assessment for Davis stabbing suspectMay 22, 2023 | Kate WolffeIn a court hearing Monday, Carlos Reales Dominguez’s public defender argued his client was not mentally competent to stand trial. Dominguez tried to interject multiple times during the proceedings, telling the judge he wanted to represent himself.
Health CareUC disability services understaffed, students sayMay 22, 2023The UC Student Association is calling for California to spend millions more on disability services at the university, as students report long wait times.
Health CareGrant Union High School Alumni champion for school-based health clinicsMay 22, 2023 | Srishti PrabhaOrganizers say the goal is to serve students’ mental- and physical-health needs.
How California public transit is pleading for state aidMay 22, 2023Time is running short, but California public transit agencies are seeking billions, with a new accountability plan.
Race and EquityUC signals support for hiring of undocumented students; vote will follow six-month studyMay 21, 2023With legal challenge expected, board of regents wants time to consider legal strategies.
State GovernmentThis law should reveal who’s paying for California legislators’ travel. It’s only been used twiceMay 21, 2023A 2015 law to bring more transparency to paid trips for California legislators has led to only two disclosure forms being filed by the sponsoring groups. The law’s author says it is being wrongly ignored.
Health CareAn AI chatbot may be your next therapist. Will it actually help your mental health?May 20, 2023Given a dire shortage of human behavioral health providers in the U.S., it may prove tempting for insurers to offer up apps and chatbots to meet the federal mental health parity requirement.
State GovernmentGavin Newsom wants to make it easier to build roads, dams and more. What’s in his plan?May 20, 2023The governor’s building plan would adjust an environmental law known for stalling housing, dams and other projects. One environmental group said, “we have never been more disappointed in a California governor than we are with Gov. Newsom.”
California prisoners depended on community colleges. What happens when their prisons close?May 20, 2023Newsom is closing and downsizing prisons across the state, putting the future of over a thousand incarcerated students at risk. College administrators say they have few resources to help.
