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THE CALIFORNIA DIVIDE
A statewide media collaboration to raise awareness about poverty and income inequality through in-depth journalism and community outreach.
ECONOMY
Commentary
How will a declining population impact California?
Governments that have built their budget strategy around property tax and sales tax increases could have long-term financial problems.
EDUCATION
College Journalism Network
The network brings together student journalists from across the state to collaborate on group reporting projects, pitch and write stories for CalMatters and our media partners, and receive training.
College Beat
College Beat is produced by the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists across the state.
Commentary
Students need Pell Grants to double
The Pell Grant program can make college a reality for more students like me, a third year student at UC Berkeley.
Let’s aim toward an authentic ethnic studies discipline
Ethnic studies has become celebratory of heroes and holidays, and now it is being further diluted and reconstituted as “diverse studies.”
ENVIRONMENT
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Commentary
3 critical lessons California offers to improve restoration of land on a global scale
Scientists say the world has the next decade or so to avoid the most dire environmental scenarios, so we must invest in land restoration.
POLITICS AND THE CAPITOL
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Commentary
Capitol attack is a calling to support the rule of law, defend our country
Attack calls us to remember what it is we love about this great country and to come together as a nation to support the Constitution.
COMMENTARY
My Turn
How to realize the promise of California’s youth justice transformation
County leaders, working with communities, must lead the way to make youth justice transformation a success.
Water partnerships between cities and farms would help prepare for a changing climate
Valley farmers and Southern California cities could improve water security if they jointly developed and managed some water supplies.
DAN WALTERS
After COVID-19, drought threat still looms
Looking past COVID-19 and recession, California still faces the threat of prolonged drought.
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HOUSING
Commentary
Look at Newport Beach’s total amount of affordable housing units built
Since 2013, Newport Beach has permitted 95 very low- and low-income affordable units, and construction of 78 low-income units is expected soon.
HEALTH
Commentary
Referendum against ban on flavored tobacco is a referendum against our kids
By upholding California’s tobacco flavor ban, we will help young people break free from tobacco and prevent more kids from becoming addicted.
JUSTICE
Commentary
More criminal justice reforms will create a just and safe California
Reducing California’s corrections budget is the right strategy, and efforts should be made to overturn extreme sentencing laws.
IMMIGRATION
Commentary
Latinx siblings step up to help younger brothers and sisters with school – they will need help too
Schools and educators can provide relief to older Latinx siblings by providing educational opportunities for their most vulnerable students.
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