Gov. Gavin Newsom is rushing a plan to provide financial relief to utilities facing massive lawsuit payouts because of California wildfires. Some lawmakers are fighting it.
Posted inCommentary
Counting votes quickly and accurately are not mutually exclusive. Here’s how California can do it
California’s slow vote counts are a policy problem, argues the Republican candidate for state elections chief. Three changes could made a concrete difference, he says.
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires
Federal wildfire crews are stretched thin. California is stepping in to help
As fire season takes hold, California is managing fuels and fire on federal lands. Can California keep it up?
Posted inInvestigations
Help CalMatters report on what happens to drivers after they cause a serious car crash
If you have a story about someone being killed or badly hurt by a driver who wasn’t prosecuted, we want to hear from you.
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California’s local governments rush to ask for tax increases before voters get the chance to curb them
If Prop 43 succeeds, local tax increases will need two-thirds approval from voters to pass. Some cities and counties have put tax increases on the current ballot.
Posted inPolitics
California justices seem skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s defense in ballot seizure case
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was at the California Supreme Court Monday as his attorney argued he acted within his authority in seizing 650,000 ballots.
Posted inPolitics
Why sex abuse survivors and broke school districts are at odds in Legislature’s final days
California counties and school districts have been flooded since 2019 with lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused as children in schools, foster care and juvenile detention facilities. State lawmakers are struggling to balance counties’ and schools’ financial health with the incalculable cost of survivors’ trauma.
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En las ciudades más grandes de California, Turner’s Outdoorsman es de las principales fuentes de armas usadas en delitos
Un nuevo informe del Departamento de Justicia de California se suma a un patrón preocupante documentado en informes anteriores de The Trace.
Posted inHigher Education
How much are California’s public universities paying athletes? CalMatters is suing to find out
Universities have refused to share information about the money they’re giving student athletes. CalMatters is suing UCLA and UC Berkeley for the data and sharing what we know so far, including the contracts universities sign with students and details about some of these payments.
Posted inCommentary
California must grow ‘connective tissue’ to better link employers to young people seeking careers
California has fostered programs that move students from classroom to careers, but employers need regional help navigating them, and the young people in them need to be paid, a nonprofit executive says.