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Newsom war on climate change vs. reality

by Dan Walters September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to “step up our game” on fighting climate change, but must contend with a stark reality.

Person opening a door. In an emergency measure, California renters financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic will be protected from eviction until at least next February. But while tenants, landlord and banking groups all urged lawmakers to approve the evictions deal, the compromise’s specifics have left some parties severely disappointed. Image via iStock

Analysis: How renters, landlords and banks fared in the eviction compromise

by Matt Levin August 31, 2020September 3, 2020

Newsom orders seven counties to close bars as coronavirus surges

by Emily Hoeven June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

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Will Californians pass new taxes?

by Emily Hoeven June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

AG Becerra shifts on policing practices

by Emily Hoeven June 16, 2020June 17, 2020

Members of the state Assembly met as a “Committee of the Whole on the State Budget” to question Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration about its plan to fill an estimated $54.3 budget deficit because of the coronavirus at the Capitol on May 26, 2020. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Lawmakers to pass budget sans gov’s OK

by Emily Hoeven June 15, 2020June 14, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento on May 14, 2020. Photo by AP Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Education, health, welfare on chopping block

by Emily Hoeven May 15, 2020May 14, 2020

Firefighters burn tall grass on a strip near San Diego extending 8.5 miles from Julian to Cuyamaca State Park to protect nearby communities from wildfires originating in the desert to the east. Photo courtesy of CAL FIRE

Virus will not extinguish wildfire protection, Newsom says

by Julie Cart May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

An AC Transit bus driver wears a protective mask on March 25, 2020 in Berkeley. Essential workers were the beneficiary of a workers' compensation executive order signed by Gavin Newsom today. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California’s essential workers to get benefit of the doubt if they contract COVID

by Barbara Feder Ostrov May 6, 2020May 19, 2020

Sacramento will refit seven transit buses to serve as mobile WiFi hotspots. If the experiment is successful, it will be replicated in other parts of California, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. Photo by David Wilson via Flickr.

Over a million California students still lack access to remote learning

by Elizabeth Aguilera April 20, 2020June 8, 2020