Sacramento
April 2024
Judge Rejects Changing the Name of California’s Trans Youth Ballot Measure
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Major Homelessness Case
Students’ Environmental Ideas Shine in CalMatters’ 2024 Earth Day Contest
A Plan to Change Your Utility Rates Is Dividing California Environmentalists. Here’s Why
California Leaders Take Sides in Monumental Supreme Court Case on Homelessness
California Hospitals Keep Closing Their Labor Wards. Can Lawmakers Do Anything About It?
Democrats Kill California Homeless Camp Ban, Again
Vital Climate Tool or License to Pollute? The Battle Over California’s First Carbon Capture Project
How Gavin Newsom’s Budget Sidesteps the Growing Cost of CalPERS Pensions, for One Year
California Sues Huntington Beach to Stop Voter ID
Why Tortillas Sold in California May Be Forced to Add a New Ingredient
California Requires New Homes to Have Solar Panels. Should Wildfire Victims Get a Break?
California Salmon Fishing Banned for Second Year in Row
California Fails to Track Its Homelessness Spending, Outcomes, Says New Audit
Power Is Never Having to Say ‘No.’ How California Democrats Kill Bills Without Voting Against Them
They Work 80 Hours a Week for Low Pay. Now, California’s Early-Career Doctors Are Joining Unions
Newsom, Legislature Get a $17 Billion Jump on California Budget Deficit
Gavin Newsom Says Baseball Saved Him. But the Legend of His Career Doesn’t Always Match the Reality
California’s Most Controversial Housing Law Could Get a Makeover
Progressive Democrats Propose a Different Path on Crime
Foster Kids Miss Out on Sports and Music. A New California Plan Aims to Help Them Catch Up
March 2024
California May Gut Two CalWORKS Programs Helping Thousands of Families
Which Fast Food Workers Will Get Paid More in California?
High Stakes: Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Battle for Gambling Rights in California
Will California Re-Up Its Empty Reserve of Abortion Pills After Today’s Supreme Court Hearing?
California Extends Student Financial Aid Deadline
Why California Democrats Are Divided on Retail Theft Bill
California Jails Are Holding Thousands Fewer People, but Far More Are Dying in Them
California Insurance Market ‘In Chaos,’ Says Former Insurance Chief. Can the New Chief Fix It?
California Doctors Struggle to Make Payroll One Month After Ransomware Attack
California Is Clearing Criminal Records — Including Violent Crimes — to Offer Second Chances
With Prop. 1, Gavin Newsom Again Changes How Californians With Mental Illness Get Help
If California Government Wants to Use AI, It Will Have to Follow These New Rules
California Offers Health Insurance for as Little as $10 a Month. Some Pay More in Tax Penalties
Why Does California’s Vote Count Take So Long?
Why Prop. 1 Foes Are Getting Back in the Fight
Fresh Batch of YIMBY Housing Bills Clash With Coastal Protections (Again)
California May Extend Financial Aid Deadline for Students Impacted by Federal Delays
Lawmakers Want to Help California Be Happy
California Weakens Plan for Mandatory Cutbacks in Urban Water Use, Yielding to Criticism
‘Simply Catastrophic’: California Salmon Season to Be Restricted or Shut Down — Again
These Gigs Offer Paths to Higher Wages for Young Californians. Now They’re Facing Budget Cuts
Sacramento Gave a Homeless Camp a Lease as an Experiment. Here’s What Happened
Why Daylight Saving Time Is Starting Again in California
Progressives Are Not Happy With Adam Schiff. Will It Matter in U.S. Senate Race?
What You Need to Know About California Housing and Corporate Landlords
The Klamath River Salmon Die-Off Was Tragic. Was It Predictable?
Californians Are Voting on Prop. 1, Gavin Newsom’s Mental Health Plan. Here’s What It Does