2022

As California ramps up pressure on local authorities to build more housing, it also should be more specific on where that housing can and cannot be built in light of California's propensity for destructive wildfires.

In an hour-long interview with CalMatters, Secretary of State Shirley Weber talks about changing California's recalls for governor, increasing voter participation and other issues.

Racism, redistricting and resignation. Those were the three R-words that rocked the California political world on Monday, as everyone from Gov. Gavin Newsom to U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla to statewide candidates in the Nov. 8 election weighed in on a leaked 2021 recording obtained by the Los Angeles Times in which three Los Angeles City […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a special legislative session to impose taxes on oil companies for what he says are price-gouging profits, but he has yet to offer proof.

The number of congenital syphilis cases has ballooned to rates not seen in two decades. Public health workers say the increase coincides with a decline in funding for public health and a drop in the rate of women accessing prenatal care.

En resumen Una parte desproporcionada de los robos de convertidores catalíticos ocurre en California. Esto es lo que los legisladores están tratando de hacer al respecto, y por qué un enfoque respaldado por las fuerzas del orden público no logró salir de Sacramento. Read this article in English. Un rayo de luz brilla debajo del […]

While there aren’t widespread problems, officials are ramping up efforts to protect the 2022 election.

A disproportionate share of catalytic converter thefts happen in California. Here’s what lawmakers are trying to do about it, and why one law-enforcement backed approach didn’t make it out of Sacramento.

Once considered an infection nearly eradicated, congenital syphilis rates have risen dramatically in California. Community health workers fan out across communities to find and treat patients who are often homeless or battling addiction.

CalMatters journalists continue to offer the best statewide perspective on propositions up for voters in the 2022 election.