California Legislature - CalMatters

Speaker Rivas shuffles the leadership deck and YIMBYs win

by Ben Christopher November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

Assembly Speaker Rivas puts key allies into leadership posts and shuffles the top posts on committees heading into the 2024 session of the Legislature. One big winner: Pro-housing advocates.

Protesters calling for a ceasefire of Israeli bombing in Gaza outside of the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center during the California Democratic Convention in Sacramento on Nov. 18, 2023. The group broke past security and interrupted the general session events. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

For California leaders, calls for ceasefire in Gaza war grow more difficult to ignore

by Sameea Kamal November 21, 2023November 21, 2023

A grower tends to cannabis plants at the Pure Beauty growing site in Sacramento on Jan. 26, 2022. Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

California wants to rollback environmental rules for cannabis. That won’t help ailing growers

November 14, 2023November 13, 2023 by Rosalie Liccardo Pacula and Michael Sutton

The UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Minimum wage hike for California health workers will cost billions. Workers say they need it

by Shreya Agrawal November 13, 2023November 13, 2023

Students at a classroom at St. HOPE’s Public School 7 Elementary in Sacramento on May 11, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools

by Carolyn Jones November 10, 2023November 30, 2023

California Divide

‘A cruel joke’: California father freed from prison can’t go home to family after ICE deports him

by Justo Robles November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

Homeless tents at an encampment near the PATH apartment complex in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2021.

California needs to change its homelessness policies, not spend more money

November 6, 2023November 5, 2023 by Brian Jones

California’s organic waste law isn’t perfect, but pressing pause is the wrong move

November 1, 2023October 31, 2023 by Chris Thomas

A poster explains ways to file for unemployment insurance benefits, as job seekers look for work at the JobTrain employment office in Menlo Park. Photo by Paul Sakuma, AP Photo

Unemployment insurance: California’s ‘urgent’ $20 billion problem

by Levi Sumagaysay October 31, 2023October 31, 2023

Students walk on campus at the University of California, Davis on Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Higher Education

If the state cannot afford to expand the Cal Grant program, key trade-offs loom

by Mikhail Zinshteyn October 27, 2023October 27, 2023

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