2022

Legislators may work on paid leave policies, employee data protections, farmworker elections, and more. There are ballot measure proposals that could impact businesses, and business groups will raise the issue of California’s unemployment insurance fund debt.

We cannot accommodate serious discussion on the demand side of water questions without working on the supply side.

CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. New year, same challenges. That more or less sums up the landscape state lawmakers will face when they return to Sacramento today for the start of the 2022 legislative session. Once again, a highly […]

Newly redrawn congressional and legislative districts will create turnover in political offices, but changing faces will not alter the balance of power in California.