Foreclosures Drop 75% Following Passage of Homeowners Bill of Rights

By Rebecca Band
This time last year, hundreds of California families were losing their homes to foreclosure every day. 700,000 families were on the brink of foreclosure, and one-third were underwater in their mortgages, due in large part to shady lendi…

Foreclosures Drop 75% Following Passage of Homeowners Bill of Rights

By Rebecca Band
This time last year, hundreds of California families were losing their homes to foreclosure every day. 700,000 families were on the brink of foreclosure, and one-third were underwater in their mortgages, due in large part to shady lendi…

California’s Environmental Leadership: Making Progress Amid Economic Recovery

By Ann Notthoff
What California does makes a difference. When President Obama increased national mileage standards last year, he built on the pioneering work that Senator Fran Pavley started here in 2002. We dream big, we take big steps and when it com…

Transitioning from "Healthy Families" to Medi-Cal: Too Much, Too Soon?

By Linda Leu
Last week, two California Senate Committees, the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and the Committee on Health, held a joint oversight hearing on the transition of the Healthy Families Program to Medi-Cal. Despite the assurances of Adm…