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California’s poverty rate climbed and its working poor grew this spring, says the Public Policy Institute of California. Safety net programs played a major role in poverty rate changes.

If you haven’t filed for a child tax credit, now’s the time to do it. A deadline approaches.

Californians who don’t file taxes — because they don’t earn enough to owe any — won’t receive the new round of state payments. That includes some seniors and disabled people, as well as some of the lowest-income adults.

California's statewide mask mandate is set to expire on Feb. 15, and state health officials may not extend it in an endemic COVID strategy.

Seven in 10 Californians say the gap between rich and poor is getting larger, according to a statewide survey.

En resumen Siete de cada 10 californianos dicen que la brecha entre ricos y pobres está aumentando, según una encuesta estatal. Read this article in English.  Siete de cada 10 californianos dicen que la brecha entre ricos y pobres es cada vez mayor, según un estudio estatal lanzado el martes. La encuesta, realizada el mes pasado por el grupo […]

From wildfires to COVID-19 outbreaks and the Newsom recall election, many crises are competing for Californians' attention right now.

The very regulations that were intended to slow or prevent environmental degradation are now hindering work to expand ecosystem restoration. Successful smarter permitting efforts typically achieve better outcomes in restoring our water, lands, shores, fisheries and wildlife.

Black people need to stop freely giving our votes away to Democrats without checking their records to see whether they support what is important to us.

California employers, workers and residents must commit to creating a shared prosperity.