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Tag: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Why are taxpayers footing Klamath River dam removal cost?

Avatar by Dan Walters November 23, 2020November 19, 2020

Plans to remove four privately owned, obsolete power dams on the Klamath River advance with California taxpayers putting up more than half the cost.

Justice Martin J. Jenkins was recently confirmed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Courtesy: Commission on Judicial Appointments

Newsom’s Supreme Court pick confirmed as state’s first openly gay justice

Byrhonda Lyons by Byrhonda Lyons October 5, 2020November 10, 2020
Esteban Nunez visits the Capitol to advocate for voting rights for Californians on parole. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

From prison to the halls of power: A politician’s son lobbies to let people on parole vote

AvatarAdria Watson by Laurel Rosenhall and Adria Watson June 22, 2020June 21, 2020
Assemblywoman Sydney Kamlager, left, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, right, join other members of the California Legislature as they kneel for 8 minutes and 46 second to honor George Floyd at the Capitol on June 9, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP/Pool

Will CA amend its constitution post-protests?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven June 22, 2020June 27, 2020

Podcast: ‘The Governator’ on housing, homelessness and Gold’s Gym

Avatar by Jakob Lazzaro March 2, 2020March 2, 2020

Ben Carson bonds with Garcetti + Sanders scorches PG&E + Sac Bee’s tough day

Dan Morain by Dan Morain February 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Newsom’s new spending plan, and what became of Schwarzenegger’s ‘hydrogen highway’

Dan Morain by Dan Morain January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

Graduation rates improve, a dicey Sanders endorsement, new evidence of growing divide

Avatar by Judy Lin December 13, 2019December 13, 2019
Stan Forbes, who helped draw California's political districts after the 2010 census as part of the state's citizen redistricting commission, in his Sacramento bookstore, Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California models how to banish gerrymandering — and why that’s so hard

Elizabeth Castillo by Elizabeth Castillo October 2, 2019October 3, 2019
California is about to take juvenile detention away from adult corrections and treat youthful offenders under the state bureaucracy for mental health.

As Newsom rethinks juvenile justice, California reconsiders prison for kids

Avatar by Charlotte West June 13, 2019June 23, 2020
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