LWC in the News

California child care providers demand raises from Gov. Newsom as budget deadline looms

Jun 22, 2023

BY JEANNE KUANG, CALMATTERS

Gabriela Guerrero’s children are all grown and have moved out, but the former stay-at-home mom never stopped raising kids.

The children who attend her home daycare in El Centro, in Imperial County near the Mexico border, are as young as 3 months old. Some are the children of farmworkers who drop them off at Guerrero’s house before their shifts in the pre-dawn hours. Nearly all are from families poor enough to qualify for state subsidies. 

Across the aisle: Can bipartisan caucuses change the California Legislature?

Apr 25, 2023

BY SAMEEA KAMAL, CALMATTERS

Every other week, the 21 members of the Problem Solvers Caucus gather for lunch to hear presentations on different policies. This session, they’re focusing on clean energy and homelessness — issues they say impact every legislative district in California. 

Democrats keep pushing to bolster California’s role as an abortion sanctuary

Mar 17, 2023

BY VANESSA ARREDONDO, GRACE TOOHEY, Los Angeles Times

Democratic lawmakers introduced a package of bills this week to further bolster California’s role as an abortion haven after last year’s repeal of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe vs. Wade.

California Legislative Women's Caucus calls for removal of Dana White as UFC president

Jan 09, 2023

BY BRETT OKAMOTO, ESPN Staff Writer

The California Legislative Women's Caucus on Monday called for the removal of Dana White as UFC president in a public letter addressed to the head of the promotion's parent company.

The letter, sent to Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, comes after video surfaced last week of White slapping his wife, Anne, at a nightclub in Mexico on New Year's Eve.