Sacramento
July 2023
California Forbids Plans to Unmask Workers at In-N-Out — and Most Other Workplaces
Covered California Announces Biggest Increase in Premiums Since 2018. Here’s How Much
How California Is Fighting Meth With Gift Cards
Some of California’s ‘Cheapest’ Cities Have Seen the Biggest Rent Hikes
Here’s How California’s Electric Cars Can Feed the Grid and Help Avoid Brownouts
Are Major Changes Coming to Your Electric Bill? 5 Things to Know
Smokers Fund California’s Early Childhood Programs. What Happens When They Quit?
Gavin Newsom’s Mental Health Plan Could Strip More Than $700 Million From Services, Report Says
California Democrats Resisted a Child Trafficking Bill — Until They Couldn’t
What Happened to the Big Changes to California Elections?
Drones, Satellites and AI: How California Fights Its Unpredictable Wildfires With Analytics
More Sick Days and Family Leave? California Lawmakers Push to Improve Work-Life Balance
California Spent $600 Million to House and Rehab Former Prisoners — but Can’t Say Whether It Helped
Should Universities Share Athletics Revenue With Players? California Bill Sparks Backlash.
California Employers Have No Duty to Protect Workers’ Families From COVID, Court Rules
California and Manufacturers Strike Deal Over Zero-Emission Trucks
My House or My Beach? Why California’s Housing Crisis Threatens Its Powerful Coastal Commission
Why Single-Payer Advocates Are Split on How to Overhaul Health Care
A California City Was Making a Difference on Homelessness. Then the Money Ran Out
June 2023
Cal State Proposes Regular Tuition Hikes to Forestall Budget Gap
Troubled Nursing Home Chain Owner Gets New Licenses Just Before State Reforms Take Effect
California’s Firefighter Union Is Poised to Get a Rare Perk: Guaranteed Raises, Forever
Building California: How Will the Infrastructure Deal Affect Development, Wildlife?
Will California’s Largest Pensions, CalPERS and CalSTRS, Divest From Fossil Fuels?
Is California Using an Old Labor Board to Get Around a Fast Food Industry Referendum?
What You Need to Know on the California Budget Deal
More California Prisoners Are Requesting Gender-Affirming Health Care, Including Surgeries
California Child Care Providers Demand Raises From Gov. Newsom as Budget Deadline Looms
California Lawmakers Wage Delta Water War With Newsom
The Biggest Survey of Homeless Californians in Decades Shows Why So Many Are on the Streets
How Fresh Will CalFresh Be? Food Benefits on the Table in State Budget Talks
Why ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Will Be California’s Next Abortion Battleground
Four Things California Can Do as Home Insurers Retreat
California Professors Test Out AI in the Classroom, Even as Cheating Debate Continues
‘Down to Our Last Dimes’: State Workers Say California Paychecks No Longer Cover the Bills
Is Housing a Human Right? California Voters Could Decide
Let’s Make a Deal: Legislative Leaders Make California Budget Offer to Newsom
A Catastrophic Hunger Crisis? California Food Banks Are Being Flooded by Families Seeking Help
Will America Embrace Newsom’s Gun Plan? 5 Things to Know About His Bid to Change the US Constitution
A Small World: How Caste Discrimination Came to California
Why Fresno? This California Downtown Has a $250 Million Earmark in Gavin Newsom’s Budget
Gavin Newsom Wants Ron DeSantis Charged With ‘Kidnapping’ Migrants. Is That Possible?