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CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. Today is a day that millions of Californians have been anticipating with eagerness, dread and uncertainty: After three weeks of buildup, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is finally set to announce an update to the […]

CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. Next month, California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force is set to debate who should be eligible for direct payments proposed as a way to compensate African Americans for slavery and its lingering effects. In a […]

CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. California Democrats have a message for Republicans hoping to capitalize on voter concerns about rising crime ahead of the 2022 elections: We care about victims, too. On Wednesday, Attorney General Rob Bonta and three […]

California's projections for how much water it can expect from the Sierra Nevada are far from reality — another result of climate change.

Policies over abortion, guns and crime are colliding in California as the state intensifies its battle with Texas and the Supreme Court.

Many were hoping the new California COVID plan would contain clear benchmarks for lifting pandemic precautions.

"Anger parents at your own peril" may be the California election takeaway from the San Francisco's recall of three school board members.

A new poll finds that crime and homelessness are key issues for California voters and that Gov. Newsom's approval rating has dropped.

Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state's top health official, says the California schools COVID mask mandate will stay in place, but could change Feb. 28.

As soon as today, the Newsom administration could unveil a key prong of its strategy for treating COVID as an endemic virus.