Research on California taxpayers has shown that some top earners do leave the state in response to large tax increases, but studies vary in their estimation of how many people leave.
Grace Gedye
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California might levy a new tax on gas companies. Here’s what to know
Here are the basics of the new windfall profit tax Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed, and how similar taxes have worked in the past.
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Fact-checking ads for California’s sports betting propositions
The campaigns for Propositions 26 and 27 on this November’s ballot have made a wide variety of claims, especially about how the money gleaned from sports betting in California will get distributed. CalMatters parses it all.
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California unemployment checks: New report explores why they’re often so hard to get
The state agency that handles unemployment benefits pursued lowering costs and hindering fraud over making it easy for workers to access benefits, a new report found.
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Calls overwhelm disability benefits call centers
Calls to California’s Employment Development Department disability insurance call centers surged to 12 times their normal volume in late 2021 and early 2022 as the department dealt with fraud. Many went unanswered, leaving some Californians in the lurch for months.
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New COVID sick leave would leave out at least 1 in 4 California workers
California lawmakers plan to bring back COVID supplemental paid sick leave, but it won’t cover small business workers.
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Here’s what’s changed as California’s new COVID workplace rules go into effect
Several of the changes in place as of Friday increase protections for vaccinated workers amid the current Omicron surge.
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California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work?
Lea este artículo en español. During the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, Shira Shafir was trying to make vaccine appointments for some colleagues at UCLA. Unfortunately, the first few times she used MyTurn, part of California’s technological response to the pandemic, the site proved difficult even for her, an adjunct associate professor at UCLA focused on […]
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Here’s what California could do to help fix the supply chain
Global supply chain problems have led to a massive backup at Southern California ports. California lawmakers are asking experts about what the state could do to help — including locating temporary storage, growing the truck driving and warehouse workforces, suspending regulations and creating a new inland port.
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Child care in California hasn’t rebounded — why many workers aren’t coming back
California’s child care workforce is still 10% smaller than it was before the pandemic, as low wages contribute to acute staffing shortages.