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Carrots but no stick: Participation in California drug courts has plummeted

by Nigel Duara July 5, 2022July 7, 2022

Proposition 47 removed the threat of jail time for simple drug possession. Now participation in drug courts is way down.

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Is direct democracy under attack in California?

by Guest Commentary October 15, 2021October 14, 2021

Kathleen Bils in her San Diego home on May 1, 2021, a year after her son was killed by a sheriff’s deputy. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters

Is California’s new police deadly force law making a difference?

by Byrhonda Lyons and Laurel Rosenhall May 11, 2021March 16, 2022

Jesse Hamblen, 3, has his temperature checked by Shruti Agarwal he arrives in the morning to her home-based daycare center in Livermore on April 13, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Child care providers ask state to hold off on in-person inspections

by Elizabeth Aguilera April 19, 2021May 23, 2023

How CA’s backlogged court system delays justice

by Emily Hoeven March 31, 2021March 31, 2021

Assemblymember Rob Bonta announces the California Green New Deal Act at a press conference on opening day of the 2020 legislative session on Jan. 6, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Will Newsom appoint an Asian attorney general?

by Emily Hoeven March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

New school battle: What counts as ‘reopening’?

by Emily Hoeven March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

Diversity growing among California judges but trial courts lagging

by Byrhonda Lyons March 5, 2021May 2, 2023

Sara Kruzan sits for a portrait in Coto de Caza on Jan. 14, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

Victims behind bars: Trafficking survivors still struggle despite state laws

by Byrhonda Lyons January 27, 2021March 14, 2022

Residents get the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Emerald Court senior living community in Anaheim on January 8, 2021. COVID vaccines will not be made available to anyone 65 and over. Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG

California throws open COVID vaccines to anyone 65 and older

by Ana B. Ibarra January 13, 2021September 28, 2021