June 9, 2023

EN RESUMEN El año pasado, California creó un programa de $500 millones para ayudar a preparar a los estudiantes para algunas carreras. Con el estado enfrentando un déficit presupuestario de $31.5 mil millones, los legisladores quieren recuperar $400 millones de dicho programa. Read this article in English. Los legisladores estatales están indicando que quieren reducir […]

Last year, California created a $500 million program to help prepare students for careers. With the state facing a $31.5 billion budget deficit, lawmakers want to claw back $400 million of the program.

COMENTARIO INVITADO ESCRITO POR Kevin Johnson Kevin R. Johnson es el decano y profesor Mabie-Apallas de derecho de interés público y estudios chicanos en la Facultad de Derecho de UC Davis. EN RESUMEN Los inmigrantes abandonados en Sacramento durante la última semana son parte de una estratagema mayor para sumar puntos políticos y ganar elecciones, […]

The legislation would expand California’s authority to fine water scofflaws who keep pumping. Even if fines had reached $10,000 a day, “I'm not so sure we wouldn't have done it again,” one rancher says.

As extra pandemic benefits end, food banks say that they're becoming long-term supermarkets for Californians facing food insecurity. Several bills to boost CalFresh are before the Legislature, but the state budget deficit may get in the way.

Californians accused of crimes spend an average of five days waiting to see a lawyer. Shortening that time can help them keep their jobs, and spend less time in jail.

The migrants dumped in Sacramento over the past week are part of a larger ploy to score political points and win elections, not address the immigration issues facing the nation.

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Thursday he will crusade for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on gun control — and if he wanted more national attention, he certainly got it as  supporters praised and critics slammed his bold ambition. As CalMatters colleagues Ben Christopher and Alexei Koseff explain, the amendment is pretty straightforward: It […]