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Capitol

Top Democrats say they won’t just ‘Trump-proof’ California — they’ll make it affordable again

Gov. Newsom wants the California Legislature to prepare for the Trump administration, but its leaders also say they heard voters’ message on lowering the cost of living.

By

Alexei Koseff

• December 2, 2024

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CalMatters en Español

Los propietarios de vivienda están usando inteligencia artificial para aumentar los alquileres y algunas ciudades de California se resisten

Los fiscales federales y de California han acusado a la empresa de software RealPage de enriquecerse “a costa de los inquilinos que pagan precios inflados”.

By

Wendy Fry

• December 2, 2024

Technology

Landlords are using AI to raise rents — and California cities are leading the pushback

California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices."

By

Wendy Fry

• December 2, 2024

Commentary

Lincoln Heights warehouse controversy presents another test of Los Angeles’ aspirations

A controversial warehouse development across the street from a Lincoln Heights elementary school is pitting commerce against a Los Angeles community, and testing the city's values in the process.

By

Jim Newton

• December 2, 2024

A person driving a car extends their hand out the window to insert their ballot envelope into a drop box being held by an election worker. The back of another election worker can be seen nearby.

CalMatters en Español

El bloque republicano de California crece y se vuelve más diverso, pero está lejos del poder

Los expertos dicen que las victorias republicana indican posibles cambios en el sentimiento de los votantes no blancos.

By

Ryan Sabalow

• November 27, 2024

Politics

California’s Republican caucus is growing and more diverse, but it’s a long way from power

While Democrats retain a supermajority, experts say Republican wins – and an increasingly diverse GOP Caucus – signal potential shifts in voter sentiment among non white voters

By

Ryan Sabalow

• November 27, 2024

A patient waits in line to pick up a prescription at La Clinica in Oakland on Sept. 26, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Commentary

California voters deliver accountability to health care providers exploiting drug program

Proposition 34 confronts the longtime abuse of the federal 340B prescription drug program and will hold bad actors accountable if providers don’t spend their revenue on patients. California voters got it right.

By Julie Gill Shuffield • November 27, 2024

Residential single family homes under construction in the community of Valley Center on June 3, 2021. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

CalMatters en Español

Fiscal general de California acusa a empresa constructora de robo de salario y evasión fiscal

Una empresa de estructuras de madera está acusada de estafar a sus trabajadores y al estado por 2.6 millones de dólares. Dos empleados podrían enfrentarse a sanciones y a prisión si son declarados culpables.

By

Deborah Brennan

• November 26, 2024

California Divide

California AG charges construction firm with felony wage theft and tax evasion

A wood framing company is accused of stiffing workers and the state $2.6 million. Two employees could face penalties and jail if convicted.

By

Deborah Brennan

• November 26, 2024