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Newsom: We’re ready to keep reopening

by Emily Hoeven June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Many counties plan to reopen gyms, bars, hotels, movie theaters, pro sports venues without fans, and more, even as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

A police offer watches the crowd from behind a gas mask during a demonstration May 29, 2020 Downtown Oakland. Thousands took to the streets Friday night in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police earlier this week. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Defund the police? Inside cities’ responses

by Emily Hoeven June 10, 2020June 10, 2020

Salvador Bradford tidies his studio at Hotel Berry. Bradford has been living in the one-room unit for 8 months and spends most of his time watching movies and keeping his room organized. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Converting a motel to homeless housing, step by step

by Matt Levin June 9, 2020June 15, 2020

Seniors are seen through the window at Grancell Village of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda on April 11. California officials have said they may require nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals. Photo by Nancy Pastor for CalMatters

What is happening in nursing homes?

by Emily Hoeven April 20, 2020April 20, 2020

A row of hotels and motels near Oakland airport on March 25, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom: Cities blocking hotels for homeless will be ‘judged’ by history

by Matt Levin April 18, 2020April 18, 2020

Cassie Gamboa, left, and Robert Romo, right, go into their new hotel room with Edwin Aviles, of Union Station Homeless Services on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Photoby Michael Owen Baker courtesy of Los Angeles County

Here’s how putting California’s homeless in hotels actually works

by Matt Levin April 9, 2020April 11, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom: I have a responsibility to do better

by Emily Hoeven April 6, 2020April 5, 2020

A dorm at Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center

California is scrambling to house the homeless. Here’s how it’s playing out.

by Matt Levin March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

A woman walks toward friends at a homeless encampment where she lives next to the Interstates 101 and 280 in San Jose

You’ve just been named California’s homelessness czar — what’s your first move?

by Matt Levin January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

Newsom turns to Delta tunnel project, while a conservative icon dies

by Dan Morain January 17, 2020January 16, 2020