Jerry Brown

经济

Round 2 of pension reform kicks off before California Supreme Court

Today’s socially distanced oral argument was just the latest installment in a nearly decade’s long legal drama that pits unionized public sector workers against cash-strapped state and local governments and pension debt hawks.

经过 本·克里斯托弗 • 5 月 5, 2020

政治

Why is Newsom suddenly saying such nice things about Trump?

Since the coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic governor of "the most un-Trump state in America," as he once termed it, has been so conciliatory toward the president — and so unlike that of Democratic governors elsewhere — that he's being praised by Republicans and Fox News. 

经过 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 • 3 月 13, 2020

高等教育

Students worry as California’s online community college confronts offline woes

With Heather Hiles's resignation,  California’s first-in-the-nation online community college now has 450 students — with  no full-time faculty,  no CEO and no political champion. What will Calbright's future be?

经过 费利西亚梅洛 • 1 月 29, 2020

高等教育

Head of California’s new online community college abruptly resigns

Former tech exec Heather Hiles' departure, effective March 31, comes only a few months after Calbright enrolled its first class of students.

经过 费利西亚梅洛 • 1 月 13, 2020

经济

What Gavin Newsom’s $222 billion budget says about California’s priorities

Homelessness, education, climate action, health, consumer protection, school lunches: Gov. Gavin Newsom's agenda couldn't differ more from President Donald Trump's. Budgets are a statement of values, notes Newsom. Here’s what his choices say about California’s.

经过 CalMatters Staff • 1 月 10, 2020

教育

Follow the money: Are changes coming for California’s school funding law?

A critical state audit has made oversight of spending on disadvantaged students a first order of business for California lawmakers. 

经过 Ricardo Cano • 1 月 8, 2020

国会大厦

‘Adjustments, for sure’: CA Speaker talks 2020 priorities, politics — and parenting

As California lawmakers return for a new year, Anthony Rendon (the Assembly leader, not the ball player) talks wildfires, housing, ballot measures, the gig economy, affirmative action, Gov. Gavin Newsom and supermajorities. And babies. And home runs.  

经过 劳雷尔·罗森霍尔 • 1 月 5, 2020

经济

How California’s ‘woman quota’ is already changing corporate boards

Public companies headquartered in California have until Jan. 1 to name at least one female director. The new law has prompted some widely anticipated  lawsuits — and some surprising boardroom diversity. 

经过 Martha Groves • 12 月 16, 2019

重要的事情

Graduation rates improve, a dicey Sanders endorsement, new evidence of growing divide

Graduation rates rise, but progress is uneven. Sanders defies party establishment with endorsement. Local GDP data shows growing inequality.

经过 Judy Lin • 12 月 13, 2019

选举

Why California’s top court just struck down the state’s Trump tax return law

In the lead opinion, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye says the state constitution makes clear "it is the voters who must decide" whether a presidential candidate's refusal to publicly share tax returns will have consequences at the ballot box. Many constitutional law experts, former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Republican Party are now all officially entitled to say, "I told you so."

经过 本·克里斯托弗 • 11 月 21, 2019