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March 2020
To Help Californians Endure Fire-Related Power Cutoffs, State Ponders New Rules for Utilities
Last-Minute Special Interest Cash Pours Through California’s $50,000 Loophole
February 2020
If California Polls Hold, Only Bernie Sanders Would Win Any Delegates Chosen by Statewide Vote
The Hidden Housing Measure on Your March Ballot
Inside the Governor’s Bid to Fix Homelessness: Changing How California Deals With Mental Illness
Analysis: Newsom Now ‘Owns’ Homelessness, for Better or Worse
The New Thing for California Politicians? Sweet Charity
California Analysts Urge Lawmakers: Reject Gov. Newsom’s $1 Billion Climate Loan Proposal
Facing Doctor Shortage, Will California Give Nurse Practitioners More Authority to Treat Patients?
What Happens if California Takes Over PG&E?
The Presidential Contest for California Cash, in 6 Data Visualizations
California Lawmakers Have Refused to Restrict Flavored Vaping — Is That About to Change?
January 2020
California’s Most Controversial Homebuilding Bill Just Died. What Will Newsom Do Now?
Students Worry as California’s Online Community College Confronts Offline Woes
Shenanigans? Under California’s Primary Rules, Some Campaigns Boggle the Mind
Bonds on the Ballot: Will Billions of Dollars Help California Cope With Climate Change?
California, 13 Other States Sue to Stop Trump’s Food Stamp Cuts
FACT CHECK: Trump Hits and Misses as He Campaigns for Re-Election — and Against California
Want to Vote for President in California but Bewildered by the Changing Rules? We’ve Got You.
What Gavin Newsom’s $222 Billion Budget Says About California’s Priorities
Cities Should Act on Homelessness or Face Lawsuits, Newsom Task Force Says
Gov. Gavin Newsom to Propose That California Manufacture Its Own Generic Drugs
California Climate Budget to Include $1 Billion Green Loan Fund
‘Not the Golden State Anymore’: Middle- And Low-Income People Leaving California
‘Troubling’ Audit Reveals State Failure to Test Millions of Babies for Toxic Lead
Left Waiting: Workers’ Comp Creates Lengthly Delays for Californians Injured on the Job
California’s Homelessness Crisis — and Possible Solutions — Explained
December 2019
A New Year Brings New Laws: A LoCO Round-Up of What’s Coming in 2020
‘Brain Waste’: Highly Skilled Immigrants Struggle to Fill Workforce Gaps
For Small, Rural, Crumbling — and Closing — Classrooms, New School Bond Rules Could Be Big
How California’s ‘Woman Quota’ Is Already Changing Corporate Boards
California Weighs Controversial Rule to Tackle Truck Tailpipe Pollution
Without Urgent Action, California’s Sea-Level Rise a Threat to Housing, Economy, Report Says
Fight or Switch? One California Republican Legislator Ditches GOP, the Other Gets Primaried
New Trump Rule Could Cut Food Stamps for Almost 200,000 Californians
Kamala Harris Quits Presidential Race — What It Means for California
Can California Save Higher Education?
CALMATTERS EXPLAINER: How California Is Rewriting the Law on Online Privacy
November 2019
Med School Free Rides and Loan Repayments — California Tries to Boost Its Dwindling Doctor Supply
Time Is Running Out for the Braceros
California Is About to Allow Former Felons to Serve on Juries. Here’s Why.
‘We Need the Food That We Lost.’ Low-Income Families Still Reeling From Blackouts
NEW 2020 LAW: More Time for Adult Victims of Child Sexual Abuse to Sue
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