Sacramento

June 2023

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

For the First Time, California’s Attorney General Has Fined Landlords Who Violated a New State Rent Control Laws

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

California Ranchers Intentionally Violated an Emergency Water Order. Now Lawmakers Want to Triple the Fines

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?

‘Godzilla Next Door’: How California Developers Gained New Leverage to Build More Homes

Taking a Pass on College? California Apprenticeships Offer Another Path

Welfare: As US Tightens Work Rules, California Considers Loosening Them

How Much More Gavin Newsom’s Tour Cost Taxpayers

California Bill Aims to Rein in High Security Deposits

May 2023

Gov. Newsom, Legislators May Soon End Education Grant Worth $2,500

Tax on Short-Term Rentals Like Airbnb Could Fund California Affordable Housing

State Farm Won’t Sell New Home Insurance in California. Can the State Shore Up the Market?

Potential Budget Cut Puts Community College Students at Risk by Further Delaying Building Maintenance

U.S. Senate Hopefuls Sweet-Talk Democratic Faithful

California Democrats Sideline Gavin Newsom’s Plan to Build Big Things, Faster

California Lawmaker Opens Legal Fund Over Facebook Feud

New Report Says Cal State Has $1.5 Billion Funding Gap, Suggests Tuition Hikes

Firefighters’ Mental Health Is at Risk. A California Bill Could Help.

Newsom Changes Course, Now Wants More Student Housing Money Sooner

California Wants to Increase Pay for Some Medi-Cal Providers. How It Might Help Patients Access Care

How California Public Transit Is Pleading for State Aid

Gavin Newsom Wants to Make It Easier to Build Roads, Dams and More. What’s in His Plan?

Why the ‘Science of Reading’ May Be the Next Dyslexia Battleground

Legislative Survivor: Which Big California Bills Were Shelved in ‘Suspense File?’

This Law Should Reveal Who’s Paying for California Legislators’ Travel. It’s Only Been Used Twice

California Has Tried to Cut the Cost of Insulin for Years. Why It Might Finally Succeed

Families of Men Shot by California Cops Lose Faith in New Accountability Law as Reviews Drag On

State Senate Will Host Hearing on Offshore Wind and the Fishing Industry Tomorrow, McGuire’s Office Announces

‘I’m a Hostage’: Why California’s COVID Unemployment Mess Isn’t Over Yet

California Is Losing Population and Building New Houses. When Will Home Prices Come Down?

Balancing Act: Newsom’s Plan to Cover California’s Ballooning Budget Deficit

Community Colleges Had a Deadline to Serve Struggling Students. Did They Hit It?

Mangoes and Agave in the Central Valley? California Farmers Try New Crops to Cope With Climate Change

Reparations Panel Recommends Possible Millions for Eligible Black Californians

To Head Off Hospital Closures, California Legislators Are Fast-Tracking a Loan Program

The State Approved Money to Lower the Cost of Covered California Insurance. Now Pressure Is Mounting to Make Sure It Happens

Facing California Deadlines, Automakers Race to Produce Electric Cars

California Reparations Task Force to Recommend ‘Down Payments’ for Slavery, Racism

California’s Next Housing Crackdown Could Force Cities to Plan More Homeless Shelters


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