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California voters are set to decide on 14 ballot measures this fall

June 25 was the deadline for initiatives and referrals to qualify or be removed from the ballot in California. Voters will be deciding on nine ballot initiatives and five legislative referrals this fall after deals were struck among several opposing sides, resulting in the withdrawal of six measures from the…

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Will California’s billionaire tax proposal make it to ballots?

Despite more than double the needed number of signatures to qualify for ballot, there’s uncertainty it’ll make it to voters

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Weekly Brew: June 19, 2026

Ohio will be one of six states to decide on a ballot measure on voter identification requirements this year. Other voter ID measures are set to appear on the ballot in Arizona, California, Nevada, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Two other voter ID measures could also appear on statewide ballots this…

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California initiative to require healthcare union members to approve union political spending qualifies for the November ballot

Welcome to the Monday, June 15, 2026, Brew.

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Financially Strapped Health Care Workers Wait for Promised Wage Increase

Budget shortfall pauses wage hike for California's low-income health care workers. “We’re living paycheck to paycheck,” one worker said.

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A Wildly Ambitious New Bill Would Raise the Minimum Wage for Hundreds of Thousands in California

How to help health care workers live where they are employed.

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As Prop. 29 vote looms, dialysis patients brace for change

LOS ANGELES — Socorro Reyes could feel himself getting sleepy as his blood pressure dropped.

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Labor tries city-by-city push in California for $25 minimum wage at private medical facilities

A class of health care facility support staff, including nursing assistants, security guards, and janitors, has worked alongside doctors and nurses throughout the covid-19 pandemic keeping patients and medical buildings safe and clean. It’s an unassuming line of work that some people consider a calling.

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An unlikely pair: Why a labor union joined hospitals to weaken seismic standards

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California hospitals have long sought to weaken legally required — and costly — seismic upgrades meant to ensure their doors can remain open to patients after a major earthquake.

Los Angeles Times

More California cities are backing $25-an-hour minimum wages for these workers. Here's why

LOS ANGELES — Long Beach this week became the fourth city in Southern California to move forward with an ordinance to increase the minimum wage to $25 for health care workers in the private sector.

Los Angeles Times

Dialysis reform will be on the California ballot yet again. Does it stand a chance?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Once again, California’s largest health care workers union is campaigning for dialysis reform — but they face powerful opponents.

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