Posts Tagged: spokesperson

After lengthy talks, strike looming at California College of the Arts

Students and an instructor at the California College of the Arts. (Photo: CommonApp)

by SETH SANDRONSKY posted 12.20.2021

Is labor strife the new normal in California higher education as 2021 ends? After UC sidestepped two worker strikes recently, 97 percent of staff at the California College of Arts (CCA) campuses in Oakland and San Francisco voted earlier this month to authorize their contract negotiating team to call a strike.

Coronavirus: Gov’s original health care agenda crumbles

Gov. Gavin Newsom at a March 4 press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, AP)

by ANGELA HART, California Healthline posted 04.09.2020

This was supposed to be a big health care year for California. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in January unveiled ambitious proposals to help him achieve his goal of getting every Californian health care coverage. Though it was far less than the single-payer promise Newsom had made on the gubernatorial campaign trail, his plans, if adopted, would have expanded the health care system as no other state has.