2022

The California Coastal Commission voted 8-to-2 despite the ecological risks to the Monterey Bay coast, high costs of the water and a divide between affluent and lower-income communities.

EN RESUMEN La Comisión Costera de California votó 8 a 2 a pesar de los riesgos ecológicos para la costa de la Bahía de Monterey, los altos costos del agua y la división entre las comunidades ricas y las de bajos ingresos. Read this article in English. La Comisión Costera de California aprobó esta noche […]

With heightened attention on the Los Angeles mayoral race, Karen Bass' victory should be viewed as a referendum against the sort of divisive politics revealed in the infamous leaked audio recording.

EN RESUMEN California tiene la mayor cantidad de Instituciones al Servicio de Hispanos (HSI, por sus siglas en inglés) entre sus universidades de todos los estados: 174, incluidos 21 de los 23 campus de la Universidad Estatal de California y cinco de los nueve campus de la Universidad de California. Pero, ¿qué tan bien están las […]

California has expanded voting access and participation, but that can delay election results. Are there ways to count votes faster without undermining election security?

A new California law requires social media companies to disclose how they police hate speech and misinformation as efforts to increase media literacy in schools are underway.

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon break down how California’s housing shortage drives some college students into homelessness.

California has the most Hispanic Serving Institutions among its colleges of any state — 174, including 21 of 23 California State University campuses and five of the nine University of California campuses. But how well are HSIs — where almost 90% of the state’s Latino undergraduates are enrolled — actually serving Latino students? It’s a mixed bag, students and advocates say.

$25 billion. That’s the estimated deficit Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers will confront when crafting a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal advisor announced Wednesday. The projection marks a stunning reversal from back-to-back years of unprecedented prosperity: The budget for California’s current fiscal year clocked in at a whopping $308 […]

A new version of California’s climate plan sets a more stringent — some say unrealistic — target for cutting greenhouse gases. It also relies more on controversial carbon capture and removal projects, which would be responsible for 15% of all cuts.