CalMatters Staff

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. 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 […]

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 […]

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.

This is adapted for classroom use from the CalMatters explainer on voter fraud. You’re hearing a lot more about election integrity — for a lot of reasons. Since the 2020 election, the issue has been fueled by the “Big Lie” — the baseless claim still touted by former President Donald Trump and his allies that […]

This is adapted for classroom use from the CalMatters explainer on voter fraud. You’re hearing a lot more about election integrity — for a lot of reasons. Since the 2020 election, the issue has been fueled by the “Big Lie” — the baseless claim still touted by former President Donald Trump and his allies that […]

This is extracted for classroom use from the CalMatters explainer on voting issues. Social media and technology platforms are hotspots for spreading false claims, yet there are no government regulations on how they address them. Building on what they did in 2020, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter are all boosting more reliable information around candidates and voting in […]