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This is a great look at the gig-ification of health care. (And it mentions a story I wrote about a piece of it: marketwatch.com/story/clipboar… )

Today's CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La -- Vice President JD Vance Kamala Harris Nancy Pelosi et al honor Senator Dianne Feinstein -- Ben Christopher scoop on California HCD rent relief $$ -- Levi Sumagaysay on Legislative Analyst possible recession alarm -- Ben Christopher on California PUC #rooftopsolar calmatters.org/newsletters/wh…

The Legislative Analyst’s Office isn’t “necessarily in the business of calling a California recession,” said Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst — but it is sounding an alarm about a looming downturn. cal.news/3PGRIMt 📝 Levi Sumagaysay 📸 Pablo Unzueta

Breaking: Newsom vetoes caste discrimination bill. Neither the draw of making California the first state to pass such a law, nor the month-long hunger strike by supporters persuaded Newsom. cal.news/3F91tOI 📝 Sameea Kamal

Today's CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La -- Gavin Newsom bill actions: Levi Sumagaysay on @AsmFriedmanCA cosmetics + Jeanne Kuang on Isaac G. Bryan foster children $$ -- Shreya Agrawal on #ClimateCrisis anxiety CASC -- CA Legislative Jewish Caucus on #IsraelUnderAttack calmatters.org/newsletters/wh…

A new California law will ban over two dozen chemicals from fragrances and cosmetics. It’s another first-in-the-nation law — and another instance of California following European Union regulators. cal.news/48NLa7l 📝 Levi Sumagaysay

Your favorite perfume, nail polish or hair dye may have to undergo a makeover by 2027 if it has one of 26 potentially toxic ingredients now banned by California. 1/3

In the first application season since generative AI tools like ChatGPT have become widely available, colleges and high schools are grappling with the ethical and practical implications of text-writing technology. cal.news/46KdOEt 📝 Carolyn Jones & Mikhail Zinshteyn (he/him)

What the twin suspensions from the DMV and the Public Utilities Commission mean for Cruise’s robotaxis cal.news/3MgqKKJ 📝 Levi Sumagaysay

After one of Cruise’s robotaxis dragged a hit and run victim in SF, the CA DMV and CPUC suspended the licenses for the entire 150 car fleet Levi Sumagaysay reports. calmatters.org/economy/2023/1…

Today's CalMatters newsletter: • Gavin Newsom meets President Xi • Alejandro Lazo on CA and China's climate change relationship • Levi Sumagaysay on Rob Bonta, others suing Meta • @RA_Becks on federal CO River report • Ben Christopher on SF's housing failure calmatters.org/newsletter/gav…

Today's CalMatters newsletter from Lynn La -- Mikhail Zinshteyn (he/him) on California Faculty Association strike vote The CSU -- Levi Sumagaysay on EDD debt CalChamber California Federation of Labor Unions -- Levi Sumagaysay on CHP Headquarters Victoria Clayton ❤️ Memecoin crash report -- @AdamEchelman on California Community Colleges student needs $$$ calmatters.org/newsletter/cal…

Analysts say that for the first time during a period of job growth, California’s unemployment insurance fund will have fewer contributions coming in than benefits being paid out By Levi Sumagaysay calmatters.org/economy/2023/1…

A new element in the Cruise autonomous vehicle suspension: The CHP was in the room with the DMV and Cruise representatives after the San Francisco dragging incident. Here's what the CHP says about the meeting: cal.news/47cRPGx 📝 Levi Sumagaysay 📸 Achille Abboud

The money is pouring in for the leading Democrats vying for California's Senate seat with a few months to go until the March primary. How much did they raise and where from? Check out the newest from Yue Stella Yu and me to learn more calmatters.org/politics/2023/…

ICYMI, my story on CA's massive unemployment insurance debt — and why the pandemic only made a perpetual problem worse.

Today's CalMatters newsletter Yue Stella Yu -- Jeanne Kuang on CDSS fail on #EBT theft -- California Faculty Association Teamsters Local 2010 vs The CSU -- Levi Sumagaysay on CA Dept of Insurance Ricardo Lara wildfire insurance plan -- Gavin Newsom approval drops in Institute of Governmental Studies poll calmatters.org/newsletter/cal…

California homeowner Donna Yutzy in Butte County will pay higher premiums — almost $7,000 a year for both fire and home insurance — because she doesn’t want to risk having no fire insurance. 📸 Manuel Orbegozo 1/5

NPR Kirk Siegler All Things Considered Ailsa Chang THE CITY Jonathan Custodio Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order for “prompt regulatory action” to address the plight of CA homeowners facing problems with home and fire insurance. But at its present pace, help for residents may not arrive until 2026 via CalMatters's Levi Sumagaysay buff.ly/49olJK1

Excited to talk with KQED Forum at 10am PT about our new investigation on California’s COVID unemployment mess. Questions? Still having EDD issues? Call in or DM Background: calmatters.org/series/califor…