Have hordes of investors – from mom and pops to Wall Street giants – gobbled up single-family residences across the state to make them rentals? Well, my trusty spreadsheet looked at state-by-state ...

California has lost thousands of fast food workers since a hefty minimum wage hike went into effect in early 2024, according to a recent analysis from the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), a ...

California has lost over 6,000 fast food restaurant jobs since September 2023 due to the state’s recent law increasing fast food minimum wages, according to an analysis released Thursday by the ...

On March 15, amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) banned companies from using “dark patterns” that confuse or delay consumers trying to opt ...

Gains in public-sector and other jobs largely supported by public money have cloaked a dismal California labor market, which has seen a big decline of private-industry jobs since their post-pandemic ...

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