California Dream

California needs to expand its down payment loan program to keep young families from moving out of the state. Yet there's no new money budgeted.

A new survey by the Public Policy Institute of California helps quantify the economic unrest in Vice President Kamala Harris's home state and the frustration voters expressed at the ballot box.

While homeownership remains a challenge for people of color in California, those who do achieve it don’t equitably reap the benefits, a new report argues, because of the state's landmark law limiting property tax increases.

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast." CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon catch up with former podcast co-host Matt Levin on the homebuying process and review the zaniest California housing stories of 2021.

As a member of the California Truth and Healing Council, I am charged with articulating the genocide perpetuated against the state’s Native people.

Court rulings for San Francisco proposition tax allows simple majority vote to fund infrastructure and social services.

Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, September 24. More executive orders coming In his most dramatic move yet against climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom directed state officials to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars in California starting in 2035 — an action sure to escalate the Golden State’s contentious relationship with the Trump administration and […]

Beyond the conservative Facebook memes and viral YouTube videos, has California reached a breaking point?

Four decades ago, California’s corporate leaders opposed the windfall given them by Prop. 13. In November they will spend millions to protect it.

Californians simply can’t afford corporate tax loopholes at the expense of our critical local services, frontline workers and schools.