Local Politics · Sacramento, CA
Thousands of SEIU Local 1000 members representing more than 100,000 California state workers staged a one-day statewide strike on Wednesday after contract negotiations with the state stalled. In Sacramento, picket lines formed at the California Department of Education, the California Natural Resources Agency, and the DMV before workers marched toward the Capitol Annex Swing Space. The union has been without a contract since June. Additional picketing occurred in Oakland, Fresno, and Los Angeles.
Local Politics · Los Angeles, CA
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra met with Black elected officials and community leaders in South Los Angeles on Oct. 15 to discuss priorities including housing, health care, and education. He pledged to defend diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and tied state homelessness funding to measurable results for cities and counties. Becerra identified housing and health care as his first priorities, citing Proposition 1 as a potential financing source for stalled construction projects. He also warned that federal Medicaid reductions could threaten coverage for millions of Californians and destabilize healthcare providers.
