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The state of California will more than double its coronavirus testing capacity thanks to a partnership with PerkinElmer, a Massachusetts-based diagnostics company.
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Hoping to follow in Nevada and Colorado’s footsteps, California legislators have joined advocates in pushing for Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6, or ACA 6, which would allow nearly 50,000 disenfranchised Californians to vote.
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After UC employees reported hundreds of malfunctions with recently implemented payroll system UCPath, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, and state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, voiced their concerns in letters to UC chancellors, demanding that the issue be addressed.
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Proposition 1 would authorize $4 billion in general obligation bonds for housing-related programs, loans, grants, projects and housing loans for veterans.
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I cannot proudly and comfortably walk across a stage to accept my diploma knowing that I attend a university that does not respect its workers.
On Monday, the UC’s largest employee union — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, or AFSCME Local 3299 — went on strike to protest a forced contract and to demand fair and equitable wages for women and people of color employed by the university and students all across the UC.
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Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Tuesday extending discrimination and harassment protection laws to cover disabled employees in sheltered workshops and rehabilitation facilities.
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In light of the movement of janitors fighting against the sexual harassment they experience at their job, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Thursday that establishes workplace protection against sexual violence and harassment for custodial staff.
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Janitors who struggled in silence as survivors of harassment and assault in the workplace shared their experiences in support of state legislation via megaphone Thursday afternoon on the steps of Sproul Hall.
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On Thursday, the California State Assembly passed a bill increasing funding allocated to mental health services at college campuses.
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The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education endorsed state bills allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school board elections and also further discussed concerns with a district recess restriction policy.
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