August 8, 2018

California is moving toward becoming the first state to fine companies that fail to have women on their boards of directors.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a federal records request today for information about the impact of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy on immigrant children’s mental and physical wellbeing. The Freedom of Information Act request seeks all records related to the creation of the policy and the federal government’s determination of its ability to […]

Weekly roundup of California elections news by CALmatters

The Trump administration’s rule authorizing the expansion of short-term insurance plans is bad news for small businesses, small business employees and solo entrepreneurs in California that depend on the Affordable Care Act for quality, affordable insurance. The rule says short-term insurance plans may last up to 364 days, and allows insurance companies to renew these […]

CALmatters commentator Dan Walters comments that “legislators lift the red tape imposed by the law for sports arenas, but not for housing.” I often hear the high cost of housing described as a crisis, as if a recent change caused housing prices to rise. But it’s not new or sudden; The California Environmental Quality Act […]

According to California's Legislative Analyst's Office, per‑pupil spending in California ranks in the middle of the states yet your article asserts that California ranks near the bottom and sources an article that reaches no such conclusion.

Actress Jane Fonda and Jennifer Siebel Newsom, appearing on a panel across in Sacramento from the Capitol, called for passage of legislation to limit forced workplace arbitration agreements.

Californians should be wary when the Legislature makes big decisions in the hectic last days of its annual session and this year is no exception.