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Dan Morain
Dan Morain joined CalMatters in March 2018. He is the former editorial page editor of The Sacramento Bee. Morain also spent 27 years at The Los Angeles Times, and has covered the Capitol since 1992.
The latest by Dan Morain
Mental illness as a campaign issue + oil spends big on legislative races + UC drops tuition hike, for now
Regents consider raising tuition + Legislators mull cutting cannabis tax + A threat to Medi-Cal
Newsom turns to Delta tunnel project, while a conservative icon dies
Newsom to get a Supreme Court pick, while lawmakers tussle over sex education and corporate taxes
An attempt to expand mental health care, stepping back from an oil tax, and feeding Stockton
You may get to vote on homelessness + intersex surgery legislation + e-scooter head injuries
Why California is flush, some hard costs of mental illness, and why prison costs rise as inmate population falls
Newsom’s new spending plan, and what became of Schwarzenegger’s ‘hydrogen highway’
Newsom’s new homelessness proposal, Democrats’ oil tax idea, and why people leave California
Sutter Health’s big settlement, attorneys’ big payday, and CalEPA’s big get
The Latest From CalMatters
Disaster days legislation + New effort to curb health care costs + Unions make gains
Make up school time lost to climate disasters, fire country lawmaker says
Newsom challenges PG&E bankruptcy plan + Bakersfield children need help + Star treatment for plastics bill
California legislators should take a breath on housing ‘crisis.’ Looking at you, Scott Wiener
You’ve just been named California’s homelessness czar — what’s your first move?
