Barbara Harvey

Barbara is a master's student at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, where she studies new media. She holds an undergraduate degree in journalism from Sacramento State, where she served as editor of the award-winning student newspaper, The State Hornet. She previously interned with The Sacramento Bee.

Huntington Beach and the Newsom administration are locked in a protracted legal battle on housing.

Featured

California’s new housing budget is a wrap. Here’s what you need to know.

Barbara Harvey often writes about:

The latest by Barbara Harvey

Gig bill, African-American maternal health, and big money

WhatMatters

Gig bill, African-American maternal health, and big money

Health care threats+DMV fees+Old politics and #MeToo+flying fur

WhatMatters

Health care threats+DMV fees+Old politics and #MeToo+flying fur

California’s new housing budget is a wrap. Here’s what you need to know.

Housing

California’s new housing budget is a wrap. Here’s what you need to know.

The Latest From CalMatters

California gun sanctuary Needles

In Needles, a ‘sanctuary’ for gun owners—and ‘a little jab in the eyes’ for California

California refuses to enlist clean, cheap hydropower in fight against climate change. It makes no sense

Hedge funds fight for control of PG&E, as Newsom selects new electricity regulator

BUDGET DECIDER: Making choices that impact millions

Van liver Travis Wild eats breakfast with his dog, Ayla.

Dream Big, Live Small: Why The Van Life Is Taking Hold in California

Forty years of lies stigmatizing “teenage pregnancy” are enough