CalMatters

By the time Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves office, California will have five fewer state prisons than when he came into power. Some California state lawmakers want to make it six. bit.ly/4uC4D5U 📸 David Royal

A Trump administration attorney conceded “there aren’t enough Americans to take these jobs” at a federal court hearing in Fresno this week as he defended a policy that would cut pay to immigrant laborers. bit.ly/4cTZfET 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Four San Diego-area families allege that Rady Children’s Health violated the civil rights of their transgender children by deciding to discontinue gender-affirming care, according to a class action lawsuit filed Thursday. bit.ly/4sZSVk0 📸 Adriana Heldiz

California quickly changed the name of César Chávez’s holiday. Taking his name off of streets and buildings likely will take much longer. bit.ly/4lNrzLC 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Opinion | Much of what happens in the Capitol is trying to fix adverse consequences of actions that should have been more thoroughly considered beforehand. bit.ly/4t0SGFs 📝 Dan Walters 📸 Jae C. Hong, AP

Opinion | Many members of those unions remain supportive of Bass, but some of their leaders feel ignored by the mayor, who not only defied them but did little to explain herself to them. bit.ly/4bziOjg 📝 Jim Newton 📸 Firas Abdullah

Opinion | In 2012, after I published From the Jaws of Victory, a history of the UFW that also revealed much of Chávez’s complicated truth, I faced backlash within this same community. bit.ly/47IEsk5 📝 Matt Garcia 📸 Les Lee

College students who seek help for substance use after an overdose face disciplinary action by their campus. A new California law will require colleges and universities to offer rehabilitation services to students rather than discipline. bit.ly/4bAHdFg 📸 Juliana Yamada

Leaders have known about the danger of extreme heat for decades, and the state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on plans to address it. But these plans require little or nothing from state agencies or local governments bit.ly/4bT6Zpx 📸 Larry Valenzuela

César Chávez is woven throughout California’s social studies curriculum — as a labor leader, civil rights hero and practitioner of nonviolent protest. That’s about to change. bit.ly/4cRoibE 📸 Adriana Heldiz

UFW President Teresa Romero urged the public to respect the women who came forward and give them “the space they deserve to process this.” bit.ly/4slq0qL 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Following pressure from powerful California growers, the Trump administration’s Interior Department announced Tuesday that it will put $40 million toward efforts to raise Shasta Dam — a controversial project. bit.ly/47CXpoi 📸 Andrew Innerarity

Why this conservative California city wants to charge adults for a high school ICE protest bit.ly/3NoZQUI

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State and national Democrats are grappling with the shocking revelation that multiple women have come forward alleging that César Chávez raped them. One of those women was his partner in the movement, Dolores Huerta. bit.ly/4uDw930 📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

Opinion | This law will not harm all California communities equally. It will be an attack on lower-income communities of color that consistently get harmful industrial projects. bit.ly/3PgiI96 📝 Beverly Whitfield & Christina Velazquez 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Opinion | Doing something about low reading scores was a political football for years until, just recently, the state finally declared a preference for using phonics to teach reading — a rare bit of progress. bit.ly/3P8ACKV 📝 Dan Walters 📸 Kyle Grillot

Mudslides closed California's iconic coastal route in recent years, costing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost business, tourism and taxes. calmatters.org/commentary/202…

Opinion | Lawmakers passed exemptions for advanced manufacturing in CEQA, the state’s main environmental law. Now they should plug some of those holes. calmatters.org/commentary/202…

By the time Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves office, California will have five fewer state prisons than when he came into power. Some California state lawmakers want to make it six. bit.ly/4uC4D5U 📸 David Royal