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Patricia Guerrero, left, is sworn-in to the California Supreme Court by Gov. Gavin Newsom at the Stanford Mansion in Sacramento on Mar. 28, 2022.Photo by Nathaniel Levine, The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool

Newsom touts the diversity of his California judges

by Ben Christopher March 3, 2023March 3, 2023

Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins speaks in the Senate chambers of the California State Capitol on Dec. 5, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

How will Newsom and the Legislature avoid painful cuts in California’s budget?

by Sameea Kamal March 2, 2023March 2, 2023

A PG&E Smart Meter in Oakland on Feb. 28, 2023. Consumers are facing high utility bills.

How will California stop skyrocketing utility bills?

by Sameea Kamal March 1, 2023March 1, 2023

A BART train heads south towards the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on Sept. 15, 2022. Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group

How much should California spend to build up public transit?

by Sameea Kamal February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

Scott Murrison inside a hoop house full of unused cannabis growing equipment in Hayfork on Feb. 7, 2023. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

Despair in Emerald Triangle as CA legal cannabis collapses

by Sameea Kamal February 27, 2023February 26, 2023

A San Mateo city council meeting at City Hall in San Mateo on Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group

New California pay-to-play law taken to court

by Ben Christopher February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

From the left: State Senate Majority Leader Mike McGuire, a Healdsburg Democrat, Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, a Stockton Democrat join legislators in a hearing to discuss petroleum windfall profits penalties and whether Californians will get relief at the gas pump, at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Do California’s energy policies conflict?

by Ben Christopher February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Members of the Central California Environmental Justice Network protest gas price gouging in front of a Chevron gas station in north Fresno on Nov. 28, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela for CalMatters

Time to talk details on California oil profit penalty

by Ben Christopher February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains and other legislators on the assembly floor in the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 19, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

In California Legislature, 500 bills beat the deadline

by Sameea Kamal February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

A boy takes in the view of the Los Angeles skyline from the Griffith Park Observatory Trails Peak in Los Angeles on Nov. 14, 2022. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

California’s persistently shrinking population — and the reasons why

by Ben Christopher February 17, 2023February 17, 2023