Sacramento

March 2023

State May Scale Down Its New Home Loan Program Designed to Assist First-Time Homebuyers

Homelessness, Rehabilitation and Health Care: What to Know About Newsom’s Legacy Tour

Court Ruling Opens Door to Gig Driver Unionization Bill, Union Says

California Colleges Rush to Get More Students on Food Assistance Before Pandemic Rule Ends

Student Housing: State’s Promise to Build More Dorms Hits Setbacks

No California Salmon: Fishery to Be Shut Down This Year

As Emergency Aid Flows to Flooded-Out Californians, Will Cannabis Farmers Be Left Out?

Trump Is Still the Favorite for California GOP Delegates

Free Textbooks? It Could Soon Be a Reality at California’s Community Colleges

California Storms Create Paradox: Too Much Water in Reservoirs, Too Soon

Helping the ‘Unbanked’: California Mulls Entering Banking Business to Serve Disadvantaged Consumers

Newsom’s Climate Budget Would Slash Funds That Protect Coast

New Cost Estimate for High-Speed Rail Puts California Bullet Train $100 Billion in the Red

Newsom Wants to Cut Ties With Walgreens Over Abortion Pill Access, So Now What?

He’s Filed More Than 2,000 Disability Lawsuits in California. This Case Could Set Precedent

‘Coming for Our Check’: State Task Force Wants Strong New Agency to Handle Reparations

After a Pandemic Pause, the State Will Restart Checking Medi-Cal Eligibility

Despite Union Opposition, Many Teachers Support Dyslexia Screening for All Students

Jump-Starting Electric Car Batteries: Will Supply Problems Stall California’s Mandate?

February 2023

COVID Disparities Grow as California Ends State of Emergency

‘Dream Big:’ Cannabis Workers Search for New Futures as Emerald Triangle Economy Withers

Emerald Triangle Communities Were Built on Cannabis. Legalization Has Pushed Them to the Brink

California Water Board Waives Delta Rules That Protect Salmon

Is California Breaking Its Promise to Cut Health Care Costs?

California Homelessness: Where Are the State’s Billions Going? Here’s the New, Best Answer

Who Draws the Lines? A Big Push for Independent Local Redistricting

‘Cal Poly Homeless’: Does Northern California’s First Polytechnic University Have the Infrastructure to Support Its Growth?

The Fastest-Growing Homeless Population? Seniors

‘No Light at the Other End’: Impending Loss of Pandemic CalFresh Boosts Could Trigger Hunger Spike

Why California Still Doesn’t Mandate Dyslexia Screening

Utilities Commission Explores Ways to Mitigate High Natural Gas Prices

State Treasurer Fiona Ma Visits County Supes, Talks CalKIDS, Cannabis, Affordable Housing and More

Helping Homeowners: California Expands Mortgage Relief

Rules for Thee: How California Legislature Skirts Its Own Laws

California Lawmakers Try Again to Cap Insulin Costs

Will the State’s Big Medi-Cal Plan Really Fix Mental Health Care for Low-Income Californians?

California, Other States Reach Impasse Over Colorado River

January 2023

Thieves Drain Millions Off CalFresh and CalWORKs Recipients’ Cards, Families Wait and Taxpayers Pay

California Reparations Task Force Zeroes in on Who’d Be Eligible for Compensation

More Than a Million Undocumented Immigrants Gained Driver’s Licenses in California

State Justice Department Hasn’t Probed — or Even Logged — All Police Shootings of Possibly Unarmed People

College Enrollment Decline Leads to Funding Changes for Underperforming Cal State Schools

Would a Wealth Tax Actually Drive the Rich Out of California?

State COVID Testing Sites Begin to Close

Can California’s Power Grid Handle a 15-Fold Increase in Electric Cars?

Why You Should File Taxes Even if You Don’t Owe Any

Is California’s Drought Over? Here’s What You Need to Know About Rain, Snow, Reservoirs and Drought.

Environmentalists Say Newsom’s Budget Cuts Jeopardize Climate Programs, Electric Car Mandate

A ‘Resilient’ Budget: Gov. Newsom Outlines Plan to Deal With Deficit

Why Hospitals Are Struggling to Meet Earthquake Safety Deadline


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