Brown, Unions Announce Deal on $15 Minimum Wage
Gov. Jerry Brown has put his stamp of approval on a deal to make California the first state in the nation to adopt a $15 minimum wage. If approved, businesses would have to make the wage increase by 2022. Small businesses would have an extra year.
Two Mentally Ill Inmates Died in One Month: What Can We Learn?
A state law that shifted low-level offenders from prisons to county lockups means local jails are handling more inmates with serious mental disorders. Lapses in care for these inmates can have serious, even deadly consequences. Today we begin an occasional series on mentally ill offenders in California jails.