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Kickstarting a just, equal COVID-19 recovery through the Master Plan for Aging

by Guest Commentary January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

The California Department of Aging is hosting an online summit Jan. 13 about what we can do in the next 100 days on the Master Plan for Aging.

Demonstrators participate in a caravan along Harrison Street in Oakland to protest rent payment and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 5, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom wants extra $600 stimulus for low-wage Californians

by Nigel Duara January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

small businesses

California’s small-business support is inclusive and operational

by Guest Commentary December 23, 2020December 22, 2020

Maria Reyes, who tested positive for COVID-19, quarantines at her home in Mendota on Dec. 12, 2020. Reyes declined a hotel room with Housing for the Harvest out of concern she would have to leave her teenage daughter. Photo by Gary Kazanjian

Why few farmworkers isolate in California’s free COVID-19 hotel rooms

by Jackie Botts, Kate Cimini and Georgia Gee December 19, 2020December 21, 2020

Dr. Sonia Angell, Director of California Department of Public Health, at a press conference in the state capitol following the first COVID-19 death in California on March 4, 2020. Angell has just announced that she is resigning from her post. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Amid pressures of pandemic, Newsom quickly accepts health officer’s resignation

by Ana B. Ibarra August 10, 2020August 11, 2020

Assemblyman David Chiu speaks to the press following the passage of AB 1482, a bill that would instate a rent cap, on September 11, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Lawmakers to Newsom: Pay unemployment now

by Emily Hoeven August 6, 2020August 6, 2020

Cleverson Davis, a waiter at Palermo Italian Restaurant in San Jose tends to customers while wearing a mask on June 5, 2020. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group

State cracks down on bars, restaurants

by Emily Hoeven July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

Newsom’s big move on homelessness may be just in political time, new poll suggests

by Ben Christopher January 15, 2020January 16, 2020

A copy of the 2020-21 budget summary.

What Gavin Newsom’s $222 billion budget says about California’s priorities

by CalMatters staff January 10, 2020January 13, 2020

Newsom’s first rodeo: In year one, the governor bucks both Trump and Brown

by Laurel Rosenhall October 13, 2019October 14, 2019