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tuition waiver

Tuition-waiver policy for Native Americans isn’t the right way to atone for historical wrongs

by Guest Commentary June 29, 2022June 21, 2022

The University of California is delegating to tribal councils blank-check authority to decide who will get free tuition and who will not.

taxes

How taxes are decided in California

by Dan Walters June 29, 2022June 30, 2022

prison

Tying water access to labor in overcrowded prisons is wrong

by Guest Commentary June 28, 2022June 27, 2022

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom, legislators fast-track state budget deal

by Dan Walters June 28, 2022June 27, 2022

The Legislature often wades into questions about who can perform what when it comes to Californians' medical care. Here, a physician's assistant examines a patient at a clinic in Bieber on July 23, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Raw politics determine Californians’ medical care

by Dan Walters June 27, 2022June 23, 2022

budget

Recession could wreck California’s spending plans

by Dan Walters June 26, 2022June 22, 2022

homelessness

Investment in housing is the bottom-line answer to homelessness

by Guest Commentary June 24, 2022June 21, 2022

prisons

California can find better ways of dealing with dying prisoners

by Guest Commentary June 22, 2022June 18, 2022

Gas prices at a downtown San Jose gas station on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group

Gas prices trigger Pavlovian political promises

by Dan Walters June 22, 2022June 21, 2022