Amid budget-related service reductions, is City Hall spending over $10K per year on bottled water? –
Mayor Rex Richardson and City Budget Manager Rebecca Bernstorff consuming bottled water at FY2027 budget press conference. On…
LA officials approved millions to ‘High-Risk’ nonprofit. Its leader is charged with pocketing $10M
LISTEN: Why did officials keep approving tax money? Top L.A. homeless service executives approved at least $3.5 million…
Officials react to ICE agents at Sacramento law firm
City council member, Sen. Schiff react to ICE agents attempting to search Sacramento law firm Days after federal…
Feds freeze $1B to California, Minnesota Medicaid | National
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California…
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon Moderates BWOPA’s Voice for the People
In her 80s and still actively working as an agricultural engineer, Effie Gant continues to break barriers in…
Why California shouldn’t weaken its public records law
By David Myers, Special for CalMatters CalMatters reporter Yue Stella Yu and other journalists regularly use public records,…
California deals with high times and misdemeanors | California
(The Center Square) – Recreational marijuana is legal for Californians 21 and older, but illegal grows remain a…
State budget deal strips power from elected schools chief
The just-approved state budget strips authority from the elected state superintendent of public instruction, transferring power in January…
California public records bill scaled back again after backlash
By Kate Wolffe, CalMatters Assemblymembers during session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 25, 2026. Photo…
LAFD still hasn’t faced accountability for leaving the Lachman fire
To the editor: Whether Jonathan Rinderknecht started a fire on New Year’s Eve is up for debate (“Mistrial…
San Francisco Archdiocese to pay $395 million to sexual abuse victims
The San Francisco Archdiocese will pay out nearly $400 million to survivors of clergy sexual abuse, encompassing 70…
Contributor: A proposed law would let California government escape accountability
Legislation that would dramatically undermine Californians’ right to know — and therefore undermine local democracy — could be…