Steven Bradford

CalMatters interviewed five leading candidates who want to regulate one of the world’s biggest insurance markets. Here’s what they said.

Insurance rates will reflect climate change and consumers’ interests. Insurers will see faster, more efficient reviews and scrutiny of excessive rates.

A new law taking effect Jan. 1 creates a Black-Serving Institution designation for colleges and universities in California that excel in supporting student success. Campus presidents say the designation will help them recruit Black students and give them an HBCU-like experience in their home state instead of having to leave California for college.

After leading the way nationally, efforts by California lawmakers to advance the rights of student athletes have stalled. No lawmakers appear poised to take up the issue in the near future.

As a gasoline reserve bill faces a final vote today, labor advocates say the bill’s safety measures don’t go far enough.

The California Legislative Black Caucus is taking heat for three reparations bills one of their members floated but Gov. Gavin Newsom did not sign. Newsom deserves some of that ire, too.

As part of a California reparations package, Gov. Newsom signs a bill to officially apologize for slavery. But he vetoed others sought by reparations supporters.

Caltrans road projects destroyed homes and sliced through neighborhoods often occupied by Black or Latino families. Now the agency is trying to repair the damage by selling back hundreds of homes.

The controversial idea of cash reparations divided even Black advocates in the legislature this year. Here’s what’s next.

A last-minute protest failed to win the Senate-approved bills a chance to be voted on in the Assembly. The chair of the Black Caucus promised they would be re-introduced next year, and called reparations "a multi-year effort."