CA Legislature in standoff with DMV over sharing driver license data
By Khari Johnson and Wendy Fry, CalMatters The sign above the front desk of the Department of Motor…
San Jose approves $5.5 billion budget focused on housing, public safety – The Mercury News
Though San Jose averted mass layoffs and preserved a majority of its critical programs in its new budget,…
California Voice: Newsom boosted TK and put preschool out of reach for many – Marin Independent Journal
Gov. Gavin Newsom once aspired to ease the sky-high cost of childcare as a key to making families…
California’s housing market is so out of control that even a small, burned-out home goes for $1 million
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Why aren’t governor candidates talking about education?
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Students walk through the campus at Hanford West High School on April 27, 2026.…
Newsom’s tight budget faces rough road in CA Legislature
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media after unveiling his revised 2026-27 budget proposal in…
AI boom helps erase California’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday released an updated budget plan that shows California has erased its projected deficit…
CA Legislators weigh new taxes, blame Trump for deficit
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media while unveiling his revised 2025-26 budget proposal in…
CA schools scored big in funding but not academics
By Dan Walters, CalMatters Students work on projects in a classroom at Orick School in Orick on April…
CA lawmakers’ adviser tries budget tough love on deficits
By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Since 1941,…
CA farmer fears for farm and neighbors if a program dies
By Yadira Mendiola, Special for CalMatters A customer picks produce at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market on June 15,…
Billionaire-tax backers say they have enough signatures — times two — to qualify for ballot
Supporters of a billionaire tax said Sunday that they had gathered nearly twice as many signatures as necessary…