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Empty shelves of toilet paper and paper towels at Safeway in the Fillmore neighborhood of San Francisco on March 13, 2020. On Thursday Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order banning events of more than 250 people amid coronavirus concerns. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Normal life on pause in California

by Emily Hoeven March 16, 2020March 16, 2020

Coronavirus upends life in California. Swing district Republicans are caught in a pickle. Vacancy tax floated to address housing crisis.

A vacant home is photographed at 1818 Adeline Street on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Aric Crabb, Bay Area News Group

Could vacancy fines ease California’s housing crisis? Vancouver tries it, with mixed results

by Jakob Lazzaro March 13, 2020March 12, 2020

Toyota Prius Hybrid vehicle offering rides for UBER and LYFT in San Francisco Bay Area

California is taking aim at Uber and Lyft’s outsized climate consequences

by Carlyn Kranking March 3, 2020March 3, 2020

Abigail Disney, left, speaks in favor of Sen. Nancy Skinner’s bill, SB 37, which would change the corporate tax rate to limit the earnings of CEOs in proportion to their workers

Newsom to get a Supreme Court pick, while lawmakers tussle over sex education and corporate taxes

by Dan Morain January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

California is about to allow former felons to serve on juries. Here’s why.

by Elizabeth Castillo November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

photo of money

Cannabis banking, horse racing deaths, college sports, and cigarette butts

by Dan Morain June 25, 2019