CALMATTERS

• ICE detention center to pay $100K settlement in landmark California case
  July 7, 2026
  Immigrant detainees work for $1 a day inside a Geo Group facility in the San Joaquin Valley. The company settled a state complaint over conditions inside.
• Empresa penitenciaria privada vende dos de los centros de detención de inmigrantes de California al gobierno federal
  July 7, 2026
  La empresa privada de prisiones CoreCivic continuará operando dos grandes centros de detención del ICE en California después de vender las propiedades al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional.
• SoCal businesses lose fight over gas-powered appliances
  July 7, 2026
  Southern California air regulators can move forward with new limits on the sale of certain gas-powered appliances, including water heaters. Despite pushback from businesses and developers, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 […]
• Abortion pills could come to California community college health centers
  July 7, 2026
  A California bill would require community colleges with health centers to provide access to medication abortion if lawmakers provide funding. Health center directors say many campuses lack the staffing and infrastructure to offer the service.
• Tech devices in California’s new cars create thorny political issues
  July 7, 2026
  Devices that record vehicle operational data for state air quality regulators could also violate privacy and be used to tax drivers by the mile.
• Push to shutter Oakland charter school hinges on a misguided approach to accountability
  July 7, 2026
  Local education officials in Oakland cherry-picked a single data point to justify closing of an important charter school, argues former governor Jerry Brown.
• Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds
  July 6, 2026
  Private prison company CoreCivic will continue operating two large ICE detention centers in California after selling the properties to the Department of Homeland Security.