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Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a proposed a 2024 ballot initiative to improve mental health services across the state, at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego on March 19, 2023. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool

No deal yet on Newsom mental health plan

by Lynn La August 23, 2023August 22, 2023

From CalMatters health reporter Kristen Hwang: If Gov. Gavin Newsom was hoping amendments introduced to his mental health overhaul last week would sufficiently appease critics, Tuesday’s back-to-back committee hearings only revealed how much further he has to go to reach a compromise. The big idea: Newsom wants counties to prioritize behavioral health spending on homeless […]

Democratic Assemblyman Robert Rivas addresses lawmakers at the Capitol in Sacramento on May 23, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli for AP Photo

California Assembly gets a new speaker: Robert Rivas

by Lynn La June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

Members of the Reparations Task Force listen to testimony during a hearing at the March Fong Eu Secretary of State offices in Sacramento on June 29, 2023. Photo by Semantha Norris, CalMatters

California Divide

California gets reparations recommendations, as some bemoan Supreme Court’s ruling and Newsom’s absence

by Wendy Fry, Rya Jetha and Alexei Koseff June 29, 2023June 29, 2023

People hold placards as they attend a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in Los Angeles, on. June 8, 2020. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

California is the first state to tackle reparations for Black residents. What that really means

by Wendy Fry, Erica Yee and Rya Jetha June 29, 2023September 12, 2023

Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon speaks during the State of the State ceremony in Sacramento on March 8, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

California Assembly Speaker Rendon: The exit interview

by Lynn La June 29, 2023June 29, 2023

California State Senator Steven Bradford (right) speaks during a Reparations Task Force Meeting at San Diego State on Jan. 28, 2023. Phot by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters

When will the Legislature vote on California reparations?

by Lynn La June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

A young child walks past a painting depicting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a Juneteenth celebration in Los Angeles on June 19, 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people were freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Why Juneteenth isn’t a full California state holiday

by Lynn La June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

A young boy peers through the border wall as migrants gather between primary and secondary border fences in San Diego as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19-era restrictions known as Title 42, that have blocked migrants at the U.S.- Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near San Diego on May 8, 2023. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters

What Title 42’s end means for California

by Lynn La May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Walter Forster, a Los Angeles resident, holds a sign that advocates for financial compensation during the California Reparations Task Force meeting that was held at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2022. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

California Divide

Reparations panel recommends possible millions for eligible Black Californians

by Wendy Fry May 8, 2023May 8, 2023

The AB 3121 Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans meets in Oakland on Dec. 14, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

California reparations panel says millions owed for slavery

by Lynn La May 8, 2023May 9, 2023

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