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Which of these 2025 bills did Gavin Newsom sign into law?

Gov. Gavin Newsom has hundreds of bills to sign or veto before the Oct. 13 deadline, on everything from oil drilling to immigration raids and antisemitism in schools.

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CalMatters Staff

• 9월 29, 2025

A firefighter can be seen running and using a hose to help contain a fire in front of him that is devouring nearby buildings and structures.

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California infernos in January? Here’s why wildfire season keeps getting longer and more devastating

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual “fire days” — when conditions are ripe for fires to spark — than 50 years ago. When is California’s wildfire season? With recurring droughts, […]

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줄리 카트

• 1월 8, 2025

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Californians: Here’s why your housing costs are so high

Half the state's households struggle to afford the roof over their heads. Here’s what you need to know about one of California’s most vexing issues.

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벤 크리스토퍼

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마누엘라 토비아스

• 10월 15, 2024

Two patients sit in front of a desk with a plexiglass where a receptionists writes something down on a piece of paper.

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캘리포니아의 건강 관리: 주정부가 거의 모든 사람을 보험 적용 대상으로 만든 방법

California has used the Affordable Care Act to make health insurance available to almost every resident. It now has a record high insured rate, although millions continue to go without health care.

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Shaanth Nanguneri

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Arfa Momin

• 9월 4, 2024

주 의원들과 함께, Gavin Newsom 주지사가 San Jose의 Home Depot 책상에 앉아 축하하는 의미로 다른 의원과 악수를 나누고 있다.

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게이빈 뉴섬이 서명한 2024년 캘리포니아 법안 중 어느 것이 법률입니까?

For California laws, the buck does really stop at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. While the Legislature approved hundreds of bills before ending its regular session on Aug. 31, Newsom decides whether they become law. He finished on Sept. 30 — and vetoed about 18% of nearly 1,000 bills passed in the final days (and nearly […]

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CalMatters Staff

• 8월 27, 2024

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2024년 캘리포니아 투표안: 알아야 할 사항

California voters will decide 10 propositions in November. Here’s what you need to know about them, how they got on the ballot and how direct democracy works in the state.

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CalMatters Staff

• 7월 3, 2024

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

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Your guide to California’s increasing minimum wage: Getting by in an expensive state

California's minimum wage is among the highest in the nation but the state's high cost-of-living strains even full-time workers.

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Liliana Michelena

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Adam Ashton

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에리카 예

• 5월 28, 2024

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The mystifying costs of college in California, explained

The true cost of college in California depends on how much financial aid students qualify for and the cost of housing where they attend.

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Mikhail Zinshteyn

• 4월 3, 2024

Families carry boxes full of fresh produce during a food bank event at El Verano elementary on Nov. 1, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

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How hungry is California? Millions struggle to eat well in an abundant state

How bad is California hunger? A lot depends on your access to food aid, which expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic but is being reduced.

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Rya Jetha

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진 쿠앙

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제레미아 키멜만

• 8월 8, 2023

People hold placards as they attend a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in Los Angeles, on. June 8, 2020. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

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What to know about California reparations: Is the state’s apology the beginning or the end?

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations is handing lawmakers dozens of recommendations, including a proposal that the state apologize for slavery and racist policies, and make financial amends.

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웬디 프라이

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Rya Jetha

• 6월 29, 2023