April 6, 2021

Lea este artículo en español. Gov. Gavin Newsom is running two races this spring: The first is to clobber the coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 60,000 Californians and devastated businesses and schools with unprecedented restrictions. The second is to keep his job, which could be threatened by a recall election later this year.  The two […]

AB 1087 charts a new course for climate resilience that makes investments in communities so they can be prepared for disasters.

Vaccine supply must be sufficient for anyone 16 and older who wants a shot and hospitalization rates must remain low and stable. The mask mandate would remain.

Si California va a cumplir con nuestros objetivos de reducción de gases de efecto invernadero y viviendas asequibles, es hora de derribar las barreras locales.

Read this article in English.   El gobernador Gavin Newsom participará en dos carreras esta primavera: la primera es acabar con la pandemia del coronavirus que ha matado a casi 60.000 californianos y ha devastado empresas y escuelas con restricciones sin precedentes. El segundo es mantener su trabajo, que podría verse amenazado por una elección revocatoria después […]

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, April 5. CalMatters politics reporter Ben Christopher here, filling in for Emily Hoeven. Emily will be back next week. Rife with indecision and inconsistencies As California nursing homes slowly recover from the COVID-19 siege that killed thousands, the role of state regulators in protecting the frail and elderly has come […]

A CalMatters investigation reveals an opaque licensing process for California nursing homes, rife with indecision and contradictions. Officials have let the state’s largest nursing home owner and his companies operate 18 homes for years while failing to decide whether to grant the required licenses.

Work that happens inside the home deserves to be valued the same as any other job and ought to have the same protections.

If California is to meet our goals for greenhouse gas reduction and affordable housing, it’s time to break down the local barriers.