February 2, 2026

En California, casi el 40% de la fuerza laboral es nacida en el extranjero y más de un millón de padres, inmigrantes y otros, dependen de proveedores de cuidado infantil para poder ir a trabajar.

The Assembly proposals are part of a broader push at the Capitol to reform California's weak driving laws.

A casi cuatro mil empleados del Departamento de Salud Pública de California se les está exigiendo usar el sistema federal E-Verify para que la agencia pueda conservar los fondos federales que recibe. Los sindicatos se oponen.

The idea that billionaires will flee California over a proposed wealth tax is bunk. Still, the ballot initiative is only a Band-Aid, and impedes a more serious conversation about the state's deeper fiscal problems.

In the seven times he’s run for Congress, Valadao has lost his seat only once – in 2018, during Donald Trump’s first midterm election. Democrats hope to oust him again by leveraging his politically toxic vote for the GOP megabill that will cut funding to Medi-Cal, which provides health coverage for nearly two-thirds of his constituents.

In California, almost 40% of the workforce is foreign-born and more than a million parents — immigrant and otherwise — rely on child care providers so they can go to work.

Dave Lesher turned CalMatters into one of California’s most influential newsrooms — and launched new tools to make your government transparent