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WhatMatters

Higher taxes will be on California voters' ballots in November, but the pandemic could seriously impact the chances of such measures succeeding.

By

Emily Hoeven

• June 18, 2020

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

WhatMatters

AG Becerra shifts on policing practices

California’s top law enforcement official Attorney General Xavier Becerra unveiled a series of proposals to reform police departments statewide.

By

Emily Hoeven

• June 16, 2020

CalMatters en Español

OPINIÓN: Las lecciones aprendidas en la travesía desde la Proposición 187 a DACA hasta la Corte Suprema

Por Sophia Carrillo, en exclusiva para CalMatters Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. Hace tres veranos, mis compañeros de Stanford y yo fuimos voluntarios en un centro de detención de inmigrantes en la zona rural de Texas […]

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Guest Commentary

• June 15, 2020

California Divide

Young immigrants face fee increase for DACA renewal

Betzabeth Salinas, 30, is a single mother who’s about to obtain her master’s degree in social work at Cal State Long Beach. She works 15 hours a week as a counselor in a nonprofit organization in East Los Angeles and participates in an internship 20 hours a week. “It’s very difficult because my daughter’s dad […]

By

Jacqueline Garcia

• February 12, 2020

WhatMatters

Adam Schiff’s history with impeachment, as the Trump inquiry takes center stage

Schiff is no stranger to impeachment inquiries. Health concerns mount for firefighters. Mixed signals emerge from SCOTUS DACA hearing.

By

Dan Morain

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Rachel Becker

• November 13, 2019

Newsletters

Supreme Court is taking up the DACA case today, and California is central to it

California central to Supreme Court DACA case. State debates whether acetaminophen causes cancer. Newsom announces funding boost for Fresno schools.

By

Dan Morain

• November 12, 2019

Diego San Luis Ortega—Visalia community college student, activist and Mexican-born Dreamer—says he plans to participate in the 2020 Census, regardless of the risk to him as an immigrant. Photo for CALmatters by Endrich Sanchez

Economy

For ‘hard-to-count’ California, 2020 census poses huge challenges and carries big stakes

Will the Trump administration be allowed to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census? If so, experts say, California could lose big.

By

Martha Groves

• April 26, 2019

Newsletters

College cheating, UC immigration, drought ends and rent control returns

More college cheating scandal fallout, UC gives legal aid to undocumented students and their families, rent control returns and drought ends.

By

Dan Morain

• March 15, 2019

Karina Gutierrez, a full-time immigration lawyer at University of California Riverside, helps students understand their legal status through consultations at her office at the UC Riverside camps. Photographed on March 4, 2019 in Riverside, California. (James Bernal for Calmatters)

Education

Amid Trump’s border showdown, UC immigration lawyer comforts and fights

California is funding immigration attorneys for students and their families as federal courts weigh the fate of DACA and politicians battle over border enforcement.

By

Felicia Mello

• March 14, 2019

Newsletters

Thousand Oaks mass shooter, uncounted votes and the pink wave

The Thousand Oaks mass shooting, gun violence restraining orders, uncounted votes, Tuck and Thurmond, Salas, NInth Circuit DACA decision, women in office.

By

Dan Morain

• November 9, 2018