Jeanne Kuang
CalMattersJeanne Kuang is an accountability reporter who covers labor, politics and California鈥檚 state government for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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A judge has halted a union effort at the Wonderful Company, throwing into question a new state law designed to make it easier for agricultural workers to organize. -
After five years, a state occupational health board approves rules to protect workers from extreme heat indoors. They will take effect in August, but state prisons will not be covered. -
A 2021 law has resulted in a $6 million penalty against Amazon for allegedly not notifying employees at two Inland Empire facilities of production targets. -
State workplace safety officials plan to protect employees from indoor heat this summer. But due to cost concerns, a separate rule is in the works for state prisons that will take more time. -
Tenants in many new privately owned, low-income units will be protected from double-digit increases. So will some in existing units, after a state committee on affordable housing imposed a rent cap. -
In March, the state is finally set to approve rules to protect workers from excessive heat indoors. Officials busted a 2019 deadline 鈥� a delay that demonstrates California鈥檚 Byzantine rulemaking process. -
California lawmakers gaveled in Wednesday, briefly, for the 2024 legislative session with plenty to do, but scant cash to go around. -
The California food banks association warns of rising food insecurity, but its pleas for more state aid face a tough slog next year due to the projected budget deficit. -
California鈥檚 rent cap doesn鈥檛 apply to low-income housing, which has its own rules. But with inflation, some tenants have gotten much higher rent increases. -
The number of Californians facing eviction was relatively low for years during a lengthy statewide moratorium. In the year after it ended, cases soared and still remain high in large counties. -
Fed up with homeless encampments, California local officials are seeking guidance from the nation鈥檚 most powerful judges. -
Police can鈥檛 force homeless people from encampments unless the city in question has 鈥渁dequate shelter鈥� to offer the people getting forced off the street, according to courts. Now everyone involved wants to know what 鈥渁dequate shelter鈥� is.
