Commentary

Los Rios Community College District's ballot language saying a proposed $1.1 billion in bonds will cause "no increase in tax rates" isn't aboveboard.

At the end of the legislative session, a bill failed that Gov. Gavin Newsom had hoped would reduce utilities' financial hit when their equipment starts fires.

Banning children's access to digital technologies sounds protective, but the evidence so far mostly suggests it is not.

California's governor will have more power over schools because they'll appoint a newly created education commissioner. The reform also changed the state superintendent's job.

Affordability challenges are clashing with policies to slow climate change, causing a slowdown in California's major emissions reduction program.

A CalMatters analysis found L.A. Mayor Karen Bass vastly outperformed the opposition in majority-Latino precincts in June. The race could hinge on whether Latino voters stick with her.

Proposition 40 has a gauntlet to run to succeed, including surviving two poison-pill propositions. If it passes, it will probably be challenged in court.

California ordered Tahoe-Truckee Unified to exit the Nevada athletics conference over a conflict with transgender athlete rules. A parent says officials failed to account for what that means for families in the snowy Sierra.

President Donald Trump wants California to segregate 20,000 ballots, claiming they may come from noncitizens. Federal officers charged 28 suspects with voter fraud this week.

Gov. Gavin Newsom presided over growing budget deficits and debt, unemployment payment scandals, bungled COVID closures and other mismanaged state efforts.