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Californians struggle to find affordable housing (71%), good jobs (47%) and low-cost healthy food (45%). As we boost supply, how can we ensure it reaches everyone?

Where do I vote? Am I registered to vote? Does everyone get a ballot in the mail? Answers to your election day questions ahead of November 4.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court was supposed to help the sickest people living on California’s streets. We took a look at data from around the state. Here’s what we found.

CalMatters intern Sarah Calixto shares what she learned while working at CalMatters, and what journalism students can take away from her experience.

In our first decade, CalMatters journalism has brought communities together, inspired lawmakers to create a better California and made the state more accountable to Californians.

A new podcast episode revisits CalMatters' recent story on police stepping back from mental health calls, and what that shift means for crisis response systems.

Google, oil companies and utilities helped push California lobbying to a record $540 million in 2024, up 10% from the year before.

Wickey Two Hands was supposed to be the first person tried for camping in Fresno. Instead, after the city and county poured resources into his case, it was dismissed at the last minute.

Use CalMatters’ lookup tool to see if a career college or training program is licensed or has faced disciplinary actions.

Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.