Newsom promised 1,200 tiny homes for homeless Californians. A year later, none have opened
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’d send tiny homes to San Jose, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego County. Why haven’t any ...
California Supreme Court weighs two cases that could limit the ballot initiative process
Two California Supreme Court cases raise the issue of whether there are restrictions on the use of the ballot initiative ...
Recall effort against Sen. Aisha Wahab falls apart
Proponents of removing the Fremont Democrat didn’t submit the necessary signatures in time, but blame the Secretary of ...
Opinion
Decadeslong Delta tunnel water project may finally be nearing a historic decision
A project to bypass the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to move water to Southern California seems to be approaching a critical moment.
Reality bites Newsom on climate, health, homelessness
Here are three different ways those realities are playing out: ...
The single largest cut in Gavin Newsom’s new budget hits California health care providers
California health care providers are raising alarms about Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget. It cancels a Medi-Cal rate increase and repurposes money from the MCO tax on their services.
California climate programs would lose billions in Newsom’s budget
As funds for climate change programs are cut, Democrats and environmentalists are pushing for a bond measure on the ballot.
California could require age verification to visit porn sites
A California bill that would require porn site visitors to show an ID or verify their age with a credit card or software is ...
This county is California’s harshest charging ‘desert’ for electric cars. Local activists want to change that
Lack of EV charging in remote areas could derail California’s push to electrify cars. In Imperial County, residents have ...
Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schools
Groups push California to plant more trees at schools to protect students from a warming planet. Here’s how they want to pay ...
What drives California’s budget decisions? A lot of politics, not as much data
State lawmakers often don’t know how well a program is working before deciding whether to cut it to solve the California ...
Why UC grad students are going out on strike
The UC strike starting today isn’t about pay, but instead over how UC deployed police to clear pro-Palestinian encampments.