January 15, 2020

Homelessness has shot to the top of concerns for California voters.  A new poll finds nearly a third want homelessness or housing to be the state's focus.

Embarcadero Media papers — Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice and The Almanac — and CalMatters are co-sponsoring a debate on Wednesday, February 5, at the Palo Alto Art Center from 7:30 to 9 p.m.  The debate will be moderated by Palo Alto Weekly editor Jocelyn Dong and have Embarcadero Media reporter Kate Bradshaw and CalMatters political writer […]

California has extended its tax program three times despite concerns about effectiveness. The real motivation? A desire to defend Hollywood.

Each year, the Fresno County Department of Social Services spends over a million dollars to house families in motels. Motel vouchers, good for two weeks at a time, are like a golden ticket for families with nowhere else to go. For many residents on the verge of homelessness, motels are often their last chance at […]

The "free college" movement in California has consisted of two years of community college, for full-time students, with an assortment of strings attached. But with AB 1862, Los Angeles Assemblyman Miguel Santiago seeks to take California College Promise program, literally, to the next level: tuition-free junior and senior years for transfers to the Cal States.  

Legislation would expand mental health care. Democrats drop oil tax plan. Alice Waters brings Edible Schoolyard Project to Stockton.

Mike Males, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: Young people deserve a lot better than yet another recycling of so-called “reforms” pushed by interest groups casting about for more clients to rescue a failed juvenile system California should be reforming out of existence.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget presentation indicates anew that he wants to become president.