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Brayden Stymans, 15, left, receives a Covid-19 vaccine injection from nurse in Oakland on May 19, 2021. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group

Bill advances to let California teens get vaccinated without parental consent

by Emily Hoeven May 6, 2022May 6, 2022

California lawmakers pass a bill to allow youths 12 and older to get vaccines without parental consent, despite lots of controversy.

Senator Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, announces legislation to provide refuge to out-of-state transgender kids and their parents at the Capitol on March 17, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

California intensfies rivalry with Texas, Florida

by Emily Hoeven March 18, 2022March 18, 2022

A seven-member group of lawmakers, academics and judges is charged with recommending ways to revise California’s penal code. Image via iStock

Criminal justice reform panel scores legislative wins

by Byrhonda Lyons October 1, 2021October 9, 2021

A Rent SF Now sign in San Francisco on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

Why is it so difficult to get housing bills through the California Legislature?

by Manuela Tobias August 9, 2021August 8, 2021

Oakland resident Alex Acuña holds up a sign decrying a rent relief plan during a vigil at the Elihu M. Harris, State of California office building in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff. CalMatters

California’s eviction moratorium extension: What’s in it for tenants and landlords?

by Manuela Tobias June 25, 2021August 5, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom introduces Helen Cordova on stage, the first person in California to get the coronavirus vaccine, to celebrate California's reopening at Universal Studios in Universal City, on June 15, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

State paying itself for Newsom vaccine lottery

by Emily Hoeven June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Apprenticeship instructor Mike Miller, center, demonstrates how to set up a theodolite, a hyper-sensitive angle measuring device, for apprentices Daniel Rivas, left, Ivan Aguilar, right, and Quetzalcoatl Orta, far right, at Iron Workers union in Benicia on June 10, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Is union labor requirement in the way of easing California’s affordable housing crisis?

by Manuela Tobias June 16, 2021June 17, 2021

El instructor de aprendizaje Mike Miller, en el centro, demuestra cómo configurar un teodolito, un dispositivo de medición de ángulos hipersensible, para los aprendices Daniel Rivas, izquierda, Ivan Aguilar, derecha, y Quetzalcoatl Orta, en el extremo derecho, en el Sindicato Local de Trabajadores del Hierro 377 centro de formación en Benicia el 10 de junio de 2021. Foto de Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

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¿El requisito de trabajo sindical se interpone en el camino de aliviar la crisis de vivienda asequible de California?

by Manuela Tobias June 16, 2021June 17, 2021

Alex Armstrong, 51 and his wife, Paula Armstrong, 45, prepare pick up orders during lunch hour at their Long Beach restaurant, VBurger, on June 8, 2021. "It's been very challenging for us, but we couldn't back out," said Armstrong of opening mid-pandemic last year. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

Masks at work? California can’t decide

by Emily Hoeven June 10, 2021June 10, 2021

Will psychedelics become legal in California?

by Marissa Garcia June 10, 2021August 26, 2021