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The California Capitol is busy with advocates, lobbyists and lawmakers as a key bill deadline approaches on Friday.

CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. In California, it all comes back to housing — even Monday’s blockbuster news that Twitter accepted Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to take the company private. Musk, in a since-deleted April 9 […]

The Republican Party convention showed both its opportunities and challenges for the 2022 California election.

A key advocate left the PG&E wildfire victims fund after he was embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal at Sonoma State University.

CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. Piece by piece, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and state lawmakers are pulling down pillars of California’s emergency COVID response — even as the test positivity rate begins to tick back up. The latest cornerstone […]

Abortion rights and COVID-related bills advance in the California Legislature despite loud protests in opposition.

CalMatters has launched an election guide with everything you need to know about California voting for the June 7 primary.

CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference. Donate now. Today, as millions of Californians rush to file their tax returns and apply for tax credits, state lawmakers are returning to Sacramento from an 11-day spring recess — and preparing to resume negotiations over […]

California's possible COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students was significantly scaled back and then postponed until at least July 2023.

The ripple effects of Proposition 22 are still reverberating in California labor politics — and could rear up in this year's election.