Joe Garcia

Addiction and homelessness are a constant presence in L.A.'s mental health court. Its judge wants defendants to "feel like someone who's deep in the system of power cares about them.

Almost half a year into the dispute, eight striking Kaiser mental health workers wrapped up a hunger strike as broken-off negotiations were set to resume.

Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.

Dozens of disabled workers hired through the nonprofit PRIDE Industries are losing their jobs at a California prison after a union outsourcing dispute.

Top California Democrats are pressuring Kaiser to make a deal with the union representing Southern California therapists, while patients say they're just holding on.

Californianos apoyan la Proposición 36 para alargar las sentencias penales por ciertos delitos de robo y drogas.

Californians overwhelmingly backed Prop. 36 to lengthen criminal sentences for certain theft and drug offenses, and to direct more people to drug treatment after convictions. Voters’ views changed on public safety after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Es la segunda huelga que llevan a cabo los trabajadores de salud mental de Kaiser Permanente en California en poco más de dos años.

The strike is the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The last one lasted 10 weeks. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters

Los partidarios de una propuesta para prohibir el trabajo forzado en las cárceles de California creen que tienen un mensaje contundente centrado en la rehabilitación. Pero a medida que se acerca el día de las elecciones, las encuestas muestran que no es una apuesta segura.