Local and state officials have gone back and forth about which level of government must change regulations to allow electric-assisted pedicabs. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez is moving forward with state-level changes aimed at bringing pedicab businesses back to San Ysidro.

By: Maya Srikrishnan

By MICHAEL SMOLENS 

Lorena Gonzalez has been trying to make diapers more affordable for almost as long as she has been in the California Legislature.

Muchos inmigrantes han sido detenidos después de que las autoridades de migración supieron donde vivían al revisar la base de datos de la agencia estatal

POR: ARACELI MARTÍNEZ ORTEGA 

With Lyft scheduled to begin selling stock as a public company on Friday, a California assemblywoman is pushing legislation that would make the

By JOHN MYERS

By MADELINE WILL

Fighting for Paid Time Off

[Kathy] Hoffman is advocating for 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, and plans to prioritize this effort next legislative session. She said she will build a coalition around the issue with administrators, health-care professionals, insurance providers, and hopefully someone from the governor’s office.

By LORENA GONZALEZ

Nothing is more important to our democracy than electoral participation by our citizenry. People have to vote.

Yet there have always been artificial barriers to voting. Often these barriers are intentionally created to keep groups of folks — women, people of color, poor citizens — from having equal access to the ballot. Some obstacles are in place without much thought to the obstacles, but they leave many people disenfranchised, nonetheless.