CalMatters Staff

Several significant laws take effect Jan. 1 that will affect schools, workplaces and pocketbooks. Here’s a collection you can click through.

What you need to know on the year’s top issues in California, including climate, crime, housing, the Legislature, schools and more.

What to know about COVID, homelessness and more before watching Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis debate on Fox.

The Legislature is approving lots of significant bills in the final days of the session. But the final call is up to the governor, and he isn’t shy about using his veto pen.

Here are some of the most interesting new laws that take effect in California for 2023, including ones on money, health and education.

Read this explainer in English. En 2022, la Legislatura de California aprobó casi 1,200 proyectos de ley, y casi 1,000 se convirtieron en ley con la firma del gobernador Gavin Newsom. Muchas de las nuevas leyes son correcciones menores a leyes que los legisladores y el gobernador promulgaron anteriormente. Otras son más bien reducidas o […]

Read this article in English. Después de gastar decenas de millones de dólares, miles de llamadas a la puerta y cientos de anuncios de ataque, la votación terminó el 8 de noviembre en California, y ahora se está conociendo el veredicto de los votantes. Entre las siete medidas electorales, los californianos dijeron que sí a […]

This article is adapted from the CalMatters election results explainer for classroom use. Proposition 30 was rejected by voters and was one of the most confusing and contentious measures on this year’s ballot — and one of the clearest recent examples showing how politics makes strange bedfellows. The rideshare company Lyft and a coalition of […]

This article is adapted from the CalMatters election results explainer for classroom use. Republicans reached the magic projection of 218 seats to win a majority in the U.S. House, and it was a California race that put them over the top.  The Associated Press called the 27th District in northern Los Angeles County for Republican […]

Voters decided who will be governor, which interests will control the state Capitol, the fate of seven ballot measures and much more. But it may take a while for all the results to be known.