Sacramento

August 2024

California Tried to Make Google Pay News Outlets. The Company Cut a Deal That Includes Funding AI

Plan to Regulate Access to Online Porn in California Dies Quietly in Legislature

California Law Helps Tribes Keep Kids Out of Foster Care. A New Court Ruling Strengthens Their Hand

More California Schools Are Banning Smartphones, but Kids Keep Bringing Them

Once Again, Our Own Sen. Mike McGuire is Serving as the Acting Governor of the State of California

California Hits Milestones Toward 100% Clean Energy — but Has a Long Way to Go

Push to Build More Homes on California Coast Stifled After Lawmakers Derail Housing Bills

California Lawmakers Kill Crime Bills, Keep Reparations Proposals Alive

What 9 Cases From Kamala Harris’ Past Say About Her Record as a California Prosecutor

California Seeks Biden Administration Approval for Controversial Diesel Truck Ban

Californians Will Vote on a $18 Minimum Wage. Workers Already Want $25 and More

California Is Giving Schools More Homework: Build Housing for Teachers

Californians: Your Rent May Go Up Because of Rising Insurance Rates

‘We Gotta Be Somewhere’: Homeless Californians React to Newsom’s Crackdown

Why Silicon Valley Wants to Kill This AI Bill

Republicans Target Kamala Harris’ ‘California-Ness.’ Do Swing-State Voters Care?

TikTok, Brat and Kamala Harris: Will Newly Fired-Up Young Voters Flip Elections in California?

California Battles Onslaught of Wildfires With Help From Mutual Aid: ‘More Resources Than Rest of US Combined’

California’s Two Biggest School Districts Botched AI Deals. Here Are Lessons From Their Mistakes.

As LGBTQ Library Material Comes Under Fire, California May Ban Book Bans

California Lawmakers Negotiating Sweeping Package to Speed Up Solar, Wind Energy

July 2024

Park Fire Jeopardizing One of California’s Most Iconic Species: ‘This Species Could Blink Out’

Toilet Paper and Flat Tires — the Strange Ways That Californians Ignite Wildfires

California Helped This Teen Fight Deportation. Now the Program Is on the Chopping Block

In This California Prison, Inmates Cook for Their Guards and Others, ‘Rely on Each Other’

Can’t Find a Doctor? California Bill Would Punish Insurers for Giving Customers Outdated Info

California Added a New Grade for 4-Year-Olds. Are Parents Enrolling Their Kids?

Newsom Set an Ambitious Goal to Launch 500,000 Californians Into New Careers. Many Are Firefighters

Newsom Orders State Agencies to Clear Homeless Encampments

When California Housing Regulators Beef With Voters, Who Wins?

Ballot Battles, Lawsuits and a Ticked-Off Millionaire: CalMatters on Eureka’s Parking Lot Wars

Biden Is Out, but Is Harris In? California Democratic Delegates Now Have Sway in Wild Election

California Passed a Law to Fix Unsafe Homeless Shelters. Cities and Counties Are Ignoring It

California Needs a Million EV Charging Stations —  but That’s ‘Unlikely’ and ‘Unrealistic’

Can California’s Health Care Providers Help Solve the State’s Homelessness Crisis?

California Has Just Approved a New Blueprint for Offshore Wind. The Massive Projects Will Cost Billions

Gavin Newsom Is a Dynamic Campaigner. A Presidential Bid May Be a Tough Sell

California Is Late on Its Own Financial Health Report for the 6th Straight Year

The Supreme Court Took Powers Away From Federal Regulators. Do California Rules Offer a Backstop?

California’s ‘Weak’ Job Market Propped Up by Public Money as Private Sector Sheds Jobs

California Boosts Spending to Help Students Earn Math and Science Degrees

Hundreds of Deaths, Thousands of Injuries, Billions of Dollars: The Cost of Extreme Heat in California

With a Swoop of His Pen, Governor Mike McGuire (Acting) Makes Bills From the Legislature the Law of the Land, Places $20 Billion in Bond Measures on Fall Ballot

Why Many Illegal Fireworks Could Be Gone in California Next July Fourth

TODAY: Mike McGuire is the Governor of the State of California

How a ‘Once in a Century’ Broadband Investment Plan Could Go Wrong

Ban on Schools’ Gender Notification Policies Heads to Newsom. Will He Sign It?

‘Nothing Will Be Protected’: Why California Environmentalists Oppose a ‘Green’ Energy Bill

Does a Proposed $10 Billion Bond Favor Richer California School Districts?

June 2024

Lawmakers Reach Agreement on $10 Billion School Bond


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