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Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> CalMatters en Español </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2022/02/el-mandato-de-uso-de-mascarillas-en-las-escuelas-de-california-finalizara-el-12-de-marzo/" > El mandato de uso de mascarillas en las escuelas de California finalizará el 12 de marzo </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> En resumen El gobernador Gavin Newsom y los funcionarios estatales dijeron hoy que el mandato estatal de máscaras para las escuelas terminará después del 11 de marzo. Las jurisdicciones locales son libres de imponer sus propios requisitos. Read this article in English. A partir del 12 de marzo, a todos los estudiantes y al personal, independientemente […] </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/joe-hong/" title="Posts by Joe Hong" class="author url fn" rel="author">Joe Hong</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2022/02/california-mask-mandate-schools/" class = "story-img" > <img data-perfmatters-preload width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="LAUSD Board Member Tanya Ortiz Franklin helps students on the first day back at school for LAUSD students following the COVID-19 remote school period in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2021. Photo by Lucy Nicholson, Reuters" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/081621-LAUSD-School-COVID-REUTERS-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> K-12 Education </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2022/02/california-mask-mandate-schools/" > California mask mandate for schools to end after March 11 </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials said today that the state mask mandate for schools will end, but local jurisdictions are free to impose their own requirements. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/joe-hong/" title="Posts by Joe Hong" class="author url fn" rel="author">Joe Hong</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/change-automatic-voter-registration-process-to-track-equity-in-elections/" class = "story-img" > <img data-perfmatters-preload width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="automatic voter registration" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?w=2000&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/voter-registration.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Commentary </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/change-automatic-voter-registration-process-to-track-equity-in-elections/" > Change automatic voter registration process to track equity in elections </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> An oversight in California’s implementation of automatic voter registration creates a missed opportunity to understand the impact of voters of color. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/guest-commentary/" title="Posts by Guest Commentary" class="author url fn" rel="author">Guest Commentary</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2022/02/aunque-california-expande-medi-cal-a-indocumentados-cientos-de-miles-de-inmigrantes-no-podran-calificar/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="A physician assistant tends to a patient at a clinic in Bieber on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> CalMatters en Español </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2022/02/aunque-california-expande-medi-cal-a-indocumentados-cientos-de-miles-de-inmigrantes-no-podran-calificar/" > Aunque California expande Medi-Cal a indocumentados cientos de miles de inmigrantes no podrán calificar </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> En resumen Muchos inmigrantes indocumentados que trabajan no calificarán para el seguro de salud estatal incluso si no ganan un salario digno. Eso los deja con pocas opciones viables de cobertura. Read this article in English. Lucía Marroquín sabe lo que es esperar a que pase el dolor con la esperanza de que desaparezca por sí […] </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/anaibarra/" title="Posts by Ana B. Ibarra" class="author url fn" rel="author">Ana B. Ibarra</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/arts-education-is-woefully-underfunded-in-california-schools/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="arts and music" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?w=2560&ssl=1 2560w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&ssl=1 1568w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?w=2340&ssl=1 2340w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/arts-and-music-education-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Commentary </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/arts-education-is-woefully-underfunded-in-california-schools/" > Arts education is woefully underfunded in California schools </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> The Arts and Music in Schools measure will provide nearly $900 million to arts and music education in California public schools. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/guest-commentary/" title="Posts by Guest Commentary" class="author url fn" rel="author">Guest Commentary</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/health/2022/02/medi-cal-expansion-immigrants/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="A physician assistant tends to a patient at a clinic in Bieber on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/072419_Doctors_Office_AW_CM_07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Health </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/health/2022/02/medi-cal-expansion-immigrants/" > California is expanding Medi-Cal — but hundreds of thousands of immigrants will still be left behind </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> Many working undocumented immigrants won’t qualify for state health insurance even if they don’t earn a living wage. That leaves them with few viable options for coverage. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/anaibarra/" title="Posts by Ana B. Ibarra" class="author url fn" rel="author">Ana B. Ibarra</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/protect-kids-by-voting-to-end-the-sale-of-flavored-tobacco/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vaping-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="flavored tobacco" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vaping-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vaping-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vaping-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vaping-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/vaping-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Commentary </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/protect-kids-by-voting-to-end-the-sale-of-flavored-tobacco/" > Protect kids by voting to end the sale of flavored tobacco </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> By delaying California’s tobacco flavor ban, the tobacco industry will continue raking in profits by turning students into vape users. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/guest-commentary/" title="Posts by Guest Commentary" class="author url fn" rel="author">Guest Commentary</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/newsletters/2022/02/california-school-mask-mandate/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/012222-School-Masks-AP-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="Kindergarteners wear masks while listening to their teacher amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School in Lynwood on Jan. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/012222-School-Masks-AP-CM-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/012222-School-Masks-AP-CM-01.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/012222-School-Masks-AP-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/012222-School-Masks-AP-CM-01.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/012222-School-Masks-AP-CM-01.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Newsletters </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/newsletters/2022/02/california-school-mask-mandate/" > Get ready for new school mask rules, California </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. Today is a day that millions of Californians have been anticipating with eagerness, dread and uncertainty: After three weeks of buildup, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is finally set to announce an update to the […] </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/emilyhoeven/" title="Posts by Emily Hoeven" class="author url fn" rel="author">Emily Hoeven</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2022/02/seran-las-apuestas-deportivas-el-proximo-vicio-legal-de-california/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/iStock-471404585-1-e1548975862397.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> CalMatters en Español </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2022/02/seran-las-apuestas-deportivas-el-proximo-vicio-legal-de-california/" > ¿Serán las apuestas deportivas el próximo vicio legal de California? </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> En resumen Uno por uno, California ha ido legalizando vicios que alguna vez fueron tabú. ¿Serán las apuestas deportivas la próxima? Read this article in English. Durante las últimas décadas, los californianos han adoptado cada vez más actividades que durante mucho tiempo habían sido despreciadas, y a menudo prohibidas, como vicios dañinos. La tendencia comenzó en […] </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/dan-walters/" title="Posts by Dan Walters" class="author url fn" rel="author">Dan Walters</a> • February 28, 2022 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/will-sports-betting-be-californias-next-legal-vice/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/iStock-471404585-1-e1548975862397.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Commentary </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/02/will-sports-betting-be-californias-next-legal-vice/" > Will sports betting be California’s next legal vice? </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> One by one, California has been legalizing once-taboo vices. 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