Politics

In a nearly hour-long interview with CalMatters, state Treasurer Fiona Ma talks about her accomplishments on housing, her priority to fix up local fairgrounds, and what she's doing differently after a lawsuit from a former employee.

Religious opponents of abortion, led by the Catholic Church, are mobilizing against Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot. But the numbers in fundraising and in the polls are against them.

Parent advocate? Culture warrior? In a nearly hour-long interview with CalMatters, Lance Christensen, the challenger for California schools superintendent, vows to put students first and give parents a bigger voice.

As other states restrict or ban abortions, the California laws aim to improve access and protect patients and clinicians. They will also expand services to accommodate an expected influx from other states.

This is a modified version of the original story by Dan Walters for use in classrooms. Political handicappers almost all expect that Democrats will lose their very thin majority in the House of Representatives this year. However, it may be closer than expected. If so, what happens in a few California congressional districts could make the difference. On paper, Democrats […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Dan Walters for use in classrooms. Political handicappers almost universally expect that Democrats will lose their paper-thin majority in the House of Representatives this year. However, if it’s closer than expected, what happens in a handful of California congressional districts could make the difference. On paper, Democrats should make gains […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Dan Walters for use in classrooms. Political handicappers almost universally expect that Democrats will lose their paper-thin majority in the House of Representatives this year. However, if it’s closer than expected, what happens in a handful of California congressional districts could make the difference. On paper, Democrats should make gains […]

In a 50-minute interview with CalMatters, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis talks about what she can and can't do in the job on higher education, income inequality, offshore oil drilling and other issues. She also discusses her political ambitions.

This is a modified version of the original story by Michael Lozano for use in classrooms. Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary, urging Latinos and other infrequent voters to turn out. Just 17, the teen couldn’t even vote yet. “I made sure to send people out there to […]

This is a modified version of the original story by Michael Lozano for use in classrooms. Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary. He was urging Latinos and other voters to vote. He was 17 at that time. He couldn’t even vote yet. “I made sure to send people […]