UC Berkeley Labor Center

The choice of California to apply work requirements to state-funded Medi-Cal recipients “doesn’t really live up to the rhetoric from state officials about trying to implement H.R.1 in the least harmful way possible,” Miranda Dietz said.

Health care shakeup hits immigrants For immigrants in California, access to care is narrowing once more. El Tímpano reports from three corners of the Bay Area on what's changing — and who's affected.

Uber driver Duane Mitchell explains the public cost of the rideshare industry, and why everyone should support unionizing efforts: https://capitalandmain.com/california-rideshare-drivers-joins-massachusetts-counterparts-in-unionizing

For Mitchell, the bottom line is that his pay is so low that he owes no state or federal taxes and the public has to make up the difference.

“Whose tax dollars are paying for snow removal and road repairs, or staffing of emergency services like police, fire and EMTs? Not me. I get $3,500 a year in food stamps, and I get another $1,000 a year in heating fuel assistance. In my opinion, every single citizen of Massachusetts should be in favor of what we’re doing,” he said.

California Rideshare Drivers Move Toward Unionizing, Following Massachusetts Uber and Lyft drivers in both states say low pay, rising gas prices and a lack of transparency in how they're compensated have fueled organizing efforts.