October 9, 2023

States across the United States are banning the practice of billing kids for the cost of their foster care. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar effort in California, citing costs to the state.

Read this story in English. Aplausos y risas estallaron cuando la representante Barbara Lee propuso un salario mínimo federal de $50 por hora durante un foro de candidatos al Senado de los Estados Unidos organizado por sindicatos el domingo en Los Ángeles. Sus compañeros demócratas y oponentes en las primarias, los representantes Adam Schiff y […]

If California's new U.S. senator runs in the 2024 election, she would likely have to court labor unions' support, quickly. But with three other labor-friendly Democrats already winning union backing, time and resources are running out.

A nonprofit news partnership brings CalMatters’ statewide perspective to Voice of San Diego’s annual Politifest event.

Up against an Oct. 14 deadline and with more than 700 bills on his desk heading into the weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom decided the fate of bills —  a lot of bills.  The governor’s office put out a big batch of nearly 150 actions on Saturday, a second one on Sunday of about 130 and […]

Santa Monica, a bastion of progressive politics, is fighting an effort to change the way it elects city council members, with allegations that the city minimizes nonwhite representation.