January 12, 2023

Residents in both New York City and Chicago have at least 50 local representatives voicing their needs. Los Angeles has 15. After last year's council audio leak revealed how some L.A. officials tried to manipulate redistricting, California's largest city is reconsidering how it handles representation.

A dozen days of wet and wild weather haven’t ended the drought, and won't cure the driest period in the West in the past 1,200 years.

Newton’s addition to the CalMatters Commentary section is part of a larger effort to increase voices offering perspectives on statewide public policy issues.

EN RESUMENLiam Dillon y Ben Oreskes del LA Times entrevistan a la alcaldesa Karen Bass sobre la falta de vivienda y los problemas de vivienda en California. Read this article in English. La crisis de vivienda en California es inseparable de la cantidad de personas sin hogar en el estado. California tiene la población de […]

Liam Dillon and Ben Oreskes of the L.A. Times interview Mayor Karen Bass about homelessness and housing problems in California.

President Biden signed a law banning nearly 4 million federal employees from having TikTok on their government phones, over national security concerns. This week, New Jersey and Ohio joined at least 20 other states in restricting access to TikTok, amid fears that the Chinese government could use the app to spy on Americans.   Will California […]