Adam Ashton is a deputy editor supervising CalMatters’ coverage of health care, mental health and criminal justice. Adam previously led the local news staff as assistant managing editor at The Sacramento Bee, prioritizing coverage of homelessness, public safety, education and underserved communities. He worked in The Bee’s Capitol Bureau for six years as a senior writer covering state government and then as bureau chief supervising reporters covering California politics and policy.
He has worked as a reporter and editor in West Coast newsrooms since 2004, including assignments covering local government in the San Joaquin Valley for The Modesto Bee and Merced Sun-Star, as well as covering the military and veterans in western Washington for The News Tribune of Tacoma. Adam reported from Afghanistan, embedding with soldiers who were later attacked by allies in the Afghan police force, and from Iraq, where he broke a story that revealed a military contractor’s mistreatment of foreign laborers from South Asia.
Adam is passionate about holding leaders accountable through records-driven investigation. His coverage of war crimes committed by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was recognized by Military Reporters and Editors, as well as by the Society of Professional Journalists Northwest chapter. In 2015, he built a coalition of journalists to press the Defense Department to release a classified investigation into a massacre in Afghanistan committed by a soldier on his fourth combat deployment. The collaboration was recognized as a finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors “golden padlock award,” and it resulted in the military releasing the report.
California judges receive raises based on what the state gives to other public employees. A new lawsuit alleges the state is miscalculating judicial wage increases.
Los dos mayores fondos de pensiones públicos de California superaron sus objetivos de ganancias el año pasado. Ese desempeño aumentó los incentivos salariales para los ejecutivos y el personal de inversiones.
California's two biggest public pension funds beat their earnings targets last year. That performance boosted pay incentives for executives and investment staff.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement system is the nation’s largest state-backed pension fund. It awarded its chief executive $667,000 bonus after a successful investment year.
La administración de Newsom quiere empleados estatales en la oficina al menos dos veces por semana. Muchos funcionarios prefieren trabajar desde casa y sus sindicatos están luchando para proteger políticas generosas de teletrabajo.
The Newsom administration wants state employees in the office at least twice a week. Many civil servants prefer working from home, and their unions are fighting to protect generous telework policies.
Se espera que California gaste alrededor de $8.7 mil millones en pensiones de trabajadores estatales el próximo año. El gobernador Gavin Newsom quiere compensar parte de ese costo reutilizando un pago de deuda previamente programado.
California is expected to spend about $8.7 billion on state worker pensions next year. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to offset some of that cost by repurposing a previously scheduled debt payment.