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Swinging for the fences, California sports teams keep asking lawmakers for special deals

By Laurel Rosenhall

Commentary

Budget trailer bills have become Christmas trees

RESISTANCE STATE

Federal immigration agents try to overtrump California's sanctuary law

WHATMATTERS

Ballmer takes his shot; Why attorneys general matter

Out with soda, juice and chocolate milk—California could become first state to restrict kids' meals

By Elizabeth Castillo

One symptom of California’s housing crisis? State agency says someone making $200K deserves house-buying help.

ELECTION 2018

Had California been 3 states in last week's primary, here's who would have won

By Ben Christopher

GIMME SHELTER

Gimme Shelter podcast: What the primary means for housing

CALIFORNIA DREAM

Housing costs — more than tuition — are crushing California’s low-income college students

By Vanessa Rancano, KQED

Dan Walters

Commentary

Budget trailer bills have become Christmas trees

June 20, 2018

The Capitol weighs another big, dicey power play

June 18, 2018

Two victims of a blood sport: politics

June 17, 2018

Laurel Rosenhall

POLITICS

Swinging for the fences, California sports teams keep asking lawmakers for special deals

June 14, 2018

In California primary, well-heeled winner Gavin Newsom had small donations. Guess who didn’t?

June 7, 2018

The good, the bad and the dead: These California bill ideas have bitten the dust

June 1, 2018

Matt Levin

DATA POINTS

What a $500,000 home looks like around California–and how it shapes where we move

May 17, 2018

Data dig: Big investment firms have stopped gobbling up California homes

April 4, 2018

Data dig: Are foreign investors driving up real estate in your California neighborhood?

March 7, 2018

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POLITICS

California’s Blue Wave watch: Why this graphic should worry Republicans

By Ben Christopher

ENVIRONMENT

Checking the math on cap and trade, some experts say it's not adding up

K-12 EDUCATION

Why L.A. Unified may face financial crisis even with a giant surplus this year

By Jessica Calefati

HIGHER EDUCATION

Is Jerry Brown's Chipotle model the right recipe for California universities?

By Felicia Mello

JUSTICE

Rebelling against California's 'sanctuary' law—from inside California

HEALTH

California's expanding care options for Boomers with dementia—but still falling short of the need

ECONOMY

California moves closer to its own sweeping net neutrality rule —will it save the open internet?

By Antoinette Siu

HOUSING

Map: How we voted on housing issues, up and down the state

Recent Articles

Gas price politics; Initiative wars ahead

The Capitol weighs another big, dicey power play

Two victims of a blood sport: politics

High-speed rail skirmish; Feinstein-de León debate?

CALQuiz: A divisive initiative, wavy blue waves and 'fake news'

By John Osborn D'Agostino

Brown passes a torch; SF's new mayor

Politicians give voters a double dose of sneakiness

Conversion therapy; Jerry Brown's 'promise'

How would Gavin Newsom pay for his promises?

Coastal act show-down; Race for schools chief

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