Coronavirus

Lee este artículo en español. By the time the coronavirus pandemic prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue a statewide shelter-in-place order on March 19, California already looked markedly different. Tuna, pasta and toilet paper had disappeared from many grocery store shelves. Schools began to close and university campuses emptied out for early spring break. Public transportation […]

At an historic Assembly meeting, lawmakers on both sides criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom for proposing billions in cuts to schools, health care and safety net programs.

On this episode of Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast, CalMatters' Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon discuss what's in California's latest housing plans...and what isn't.

Lobbyists are not required to disclose their work on government contracts, leaving the public in the dark about who’s influencing state spending on the pandemic.

As pastors and local politicians chafe against California's pandemic restrictions, the governor speaks collaboratively and carry no stick.

The UC Board of Regents discussed possible ways to address imminent budget problems, including a 5% tuition increase, as well as complications to a fall reopening.

The pandemic-induced budget crisis has forced lawmakers to scale back ambitions on low-income housing and density. A slate of bills pushes to end single-family-only zoning while clearing the way to convert retail to housing.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised budget reveals proposed cuts and takeaways for preschool and child care programs, eliminating about $1 billion. If approved, the cuts would crater plans to create 20,000 new preschool slots and offer more child care subsidies to low-income working families.

Are the Newsom administration’s dismal recession prognostications a reasonable outlier — or “preposterously negative” and a  “poker bluff” aimed at ratcheting up pressure for a financial assist from the feds?

Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed cuts to meet the new coronavirus economy include two California day programs aimed at keeping poor and medically fragile seniors in their homes, and out of institutions.