Poverty

About a third of homeless people are renters, but since California's 58 county superior courts don’t all report on evictions, it’s hard to know what happened to those leases.

The 340B Drug Pricing Program cuts prescription drug costs for safety-net hospitals, which often invest the savings in patient care.

CalFresh helps only a fourth of students who qualify for it because it’s too unwieldy to apply for and stay on. It’s like having another job.

A California lawmaker wants to bring more families into the state's formal child support system, a move that advocates say could reduce child poverty.

Drug discounts aimed at rural hospitals serving uninsured or low-income patients actually profit hospitals that don’t serve those patients.

Only 3% of the state’s homeless beds are reserved for youth, which feeds a pipeline to chronic homelessness. Most vulnerable: foster kids.

The 2026-27 proposal fails to respond to President Donald Trump’s cuts. Nor does it help families meet needs for housing, food and health care.

Political intrigue grabs attention during election years, but California voters are also moved by high costs, joblessness and homelessness.

First-generation students lack the extra help with exams and college applications that rich kids' families can buy. A new program and tax could change that.

As oil and gas companies pivot to plastic, certain California neighborhoods become unhealthy sacrifice zones again.