Homelessness

Newsom's homeless plan draws local backlash. Texas sues California over state travel ban. New worker law survives initial court challenge.

It was two hours after dusk in Santa Ana, and the temperature had dropped 10 degrees since sundown. A line of men and women bundled against the chill curled past the National Guard Armory’s entrance, around the side of the building and into the parking lot, about 150 in all.  Inside, the layout looked like […]

Study: Trade deficit hits California workers. Search continues for solutions to housing crisis after bill dies. CSU delays change to math requirement.

It's easy for volunteer counters to miss unsheltered people, especially when law enforcement clears camps just before counters arrive. And they're not even trying to count people living doubled up, or renting cheap motel rooms. So why is so much riding on a count so bad? 

Online community college experiences growing pains. Uber and Lyft allowed to conceal drivers' safety records. Traffic fatalities involving cyclists rise.

A group of homeless and housing insecure mothers made national headlines after occupying a vacant home in West Oakland. Podcast hosts CalMatters’ Matt Levin and The Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon discuss why Moms 4 Housing was so successful and ask them where they go from here.

Newsom urges judge to reject PG&E bankruptcy plan. New report concludes Bakersfield children are struggling. Scorecard assess homelessness prescriptions.

Options for addressing the state's most pressing social problem  range, at best, from limited to imperfect. What would you choose?

Candidates open up about impacts of mental illness. Oil companies spend big on upcoming Senate elections. University of California puts off tuition hike.

UC regents consider tax hike. Legislators consider cutting cannabis tax. State braces for another challenge to Obamacare and Medi-Cal