August 9, 2023

A discrimination complaint filed by Native American tribes and environmental justice groups alleges that California has failed to protect water quality in the Bay-Delta. The EPA is investigating.

Kern County has a major opportunity to add executive leaders to its community colleges and university who reflect the region's majority Latino population.

Read this story in English. En noviembre pasado, el 59% de los votantes de Berkeley querían dar permiso a la ciudad para pedir prestados $650 millones para financiar viviendas asequibles. Dos años antes, el 58% de los votantes de San Diego apoyaron un bono de vivienda de $900 millones. Dos años antes de eso, en 2018, […]

Read this story in English. Cada dos viernes, el Banco de Alimentos de Emergencia de Stockton ofrece dos clases de cocina en vivo, una en inglés y otra en español. La semana pasada, Brenda Muñoz preparó un atún clásico con una ensalada de naranja, lechuga romana y diente de león.  “El diente de león es […]

Locally elected sheriffs manage California jails and are responsible for the safety of the inmates they hold. Record deaths in San Diego’s jail are shaping a plan for new statewide oversight.

Many local governments have more than half their voters approve a bond measure… but fewer than the two-thirds supermajority required. An effort to change that would drastically alter the ability of local governments to fund housing and infrastructure projects.

Medi-Cal and other programs are testing food prescriptions that advocates say could improve chronic conditions, lower health care costs and reduce hunger.

From CalMatters’ state Capitol reporter Sameea Kamal:  California has taken a number of steps over the past decade to make voting easier: Mailing ballots to all registered voters, plus allowing early voting and same-day registration.  Yet, the electorate hasn’t shifted to match the state’s growing diversity: Frequent voters are far from representative of the majority […]

As California's war over land use authority rages on, critics of the state's housing quotas are turning to voters and lower population projections to undercut them.