2016

正义

If feds try to ID deportable immigrants using Cal data, state will block access

Ever since Maribel Solache began teaching her own version of driver’s ed in Spanish two years ago, the classes—held around San Diego County —have been jammed. She estimates she’s helped some 3,000 students earn their licenses. But lately, apprehension has smothered that enthusiasm. En espanol: Para leer este articulo en espanol click aqui. “More people […]

经过 伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉 • 12 月 7, 2016

经济

Urgent appeal: California Democrats to invoke new anti-Trump weapon

As they suit up for battle against the Trump administration, Democrats who dominate California’s Legislature vow to unleash one of the superpowers of holding a supermajority: the ability to enact laws immediately.An underplayed consequence of the fact that they won two-thirds of the seats in both houses last month is that—if they stick together—California Democrats […]

经过 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 • 12 月 6, 2016

政治

Morally torn over state executions, will Gov. Jerry Brown ever permit one?

Although he has served as governor longer than anyone else in California history, Jerry Brown has never been forced to make one of the weightiest decisions governors face: whether to spare a convicted criminal from execution. California has executed more than 500 people, but the death penalty has been on hold pending legal challenges during […]

经过 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 • 12 月 5, 2016

经济

Are Public Pension Benefits Excessive? State Workers Say ‘No’

California faces a $240 billion unfunded pension liability. But retired state workers who receive pensions say they are tired of drawing public blame.

经过 CalMatters Staff • 11 月 28, 2016

气候变化

To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California

RYER ISLAND—The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco Bay and the Delta network of rivers and marshes are ecological goners, with many of its native fish species now experiencing a “sixth extinction,” environmental science’s most-dire definition of ecosystem collapse. Once a vast, soaked marsh and channel fed […]

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 11 月 26, 2016

气候变化

Sierra forests turned to brown

California’s high country is a delight in summer, a cool respite from the heat of the state’s lower elevations. That’s especially true in the Sierra Nevada, where a corridor of shade transports vacationers from Fresno to Yosemite National Park under a dense canopy of cedar trees, firs and pines. But after five years of drought and insect infestation, […]

经过 朱莉·卡特 • 11 月 25, 2016

教育

School building bonanza—but new dollars might not reach poor districts

It’s tough for California voters to say no to more money for school construction. They almost always approve state bond requests, and this month they passed a $9 billion package that backers promised would help pay for repairs and upgrades needed to preserve students’ access to safe, modern classrooms. Unlike previous bonds, however, Prop. 51 […]

经过 Jessica Calefati • 11 月 22, 2016

经济

Paying for public retirees has never cost L.A. taxpayers more. And that’s after pension reform

Retirement benefits now eat up 20% of city’s general fund revenue. Touted cost controls won't have real impact for decades.

经过 CalMatters Staff • 11 月 18, 2016

选举

Unfunded or undone: A Trump presidency eyes California policies

As a state bluer than Lake Tahoe in sunlight, California has adopted a slew of progressive policies that drive Donald Trump nuts. They combat climate change, protect undocumented immigrants, evangelize for Obamacare and more. So this week—as candidate Trump morphed into President-elect Trump—uncertainty swept the state. While protesters hit the streets and the hashtag #Calexit […]

经过 CalMatters Staff • 11 月 10, 2016

政治

Boys’ town? California just sent even fewer women to its Capitol

On a night many believed would be a milestone for women in politics, Cristina Garcia donned a Hillary Clinton T-shirt and a gray pantsuit and left her house in southeast Los Angeles. “Buenas noches,” the Democratic assemblywoman from Bell Gardens greeted her neighbors as she walked to an election-night party. Garcia was hopeful not only […]

经过 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 • 11 月 10, 2016