With Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic-led Legislature coming to a budget agreement on Saturday, some winners and losers of the spending plan have become clear. As CalMatters Capitol reporter …
A minor miracle occurred in the California Capitol 50 years ago this month when a bipartisan majority of state senators refused to accept a pork-laden budget that was drafted in secret by …
By Adam Beam | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — The California Supreme Court on Thursday removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, …
LOS ANGELES (NewsNation) — The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education voted on Tuesday to ban cellphone use during the school day. The new rule will take …
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara just announced separate plans to give insurance companies bigger, faster rate hikes in response to the home insurance crisis. Their actions would …
At the glitzy fundraiser for President Joe Biden’s campaign Saturday in Downtown L.A., a host of politicos lined up to shake hands with the president, and also with former President …
What’s happening on the state budget this week — or, more accurately, not happening — is the latest chapter in a 15-year-long saga of manipulative Capitol politics. Sometime before Saturday …
Last year, we warned that California residents could soon find their local city councils, school boards or planning commissions meeting completely virtually. In this scenario, residents could walk into, say, …
It’s been almost a half-century since I first heard the term “peripheral canal” uttered by William Gianelli, who was then-Gov. Ronald Reagan’s top water official. The project, in one form or …
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Teachers Association have reached an agreement that would protect school funding and press pause on a rising feud between state officials and educators. When …