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People wait in line for a COVID-19 test at a mobile testing site in Paramount on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

What’s in the California paid sick leave deal for workers and businesses?

by Sameea Kamal January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.

Two days after winning the recall election, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills designed to increase the supply of affordable housing. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group

Victorious in recall, Newsom refocuses on California housing crisis

by Manuela Tobias September 20, 2021September 20, 2021

Elizabeth Olson and her son, Lucas, 2, in front of their newly-purchased home in the Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento on Aug. 4. 2021. Olson hopes to renovate the house into a duplex so to make room for her aunt and her partner, who currently live in the home. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California’s housing crisis: How much difference will a new zoning law make?

by Manuela Tobias August 19, 2021September 16, 2021

Construction workers break down dirt at an affordable housing construction site in Long Beach, on July 22, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

Why are key California affordable housing bills bottled up?

by Manuela Tobias July 26, 2021October 6, 2021

Students sit outside of Royce Hall at UCLA — among the University of California campuses that could experience tuition hikes every year under a pending proposal. File photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Higher Education

UC tuition hike: Regents to vote on ‘forever’ increase

by Mikhail Zinshteyn July 19, 2021July 22, 2021

Assemblymembers applaud after passing a raft of budget “trailer bills” on the final day before summer break on July 15, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Legislature goes out with a budget bang

by Ben Christopher July 16, 2021September 9, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, flanked by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, left, and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, right, applauds during his first State of the State address at the Capitol on Feb. 12, 2019. The three leaders announced a budget deal. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

Five things to know about Newsom’s budget deal with Legislature

by Laurel Rosenhall, Sameea Kamal and Manuela Tobias June 28, 2021June 28, 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

California lawmakers now want Newsom's recall election to happen sooner rather than later. Illustration by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters; iStock

In switch, lawmakers accelerate Newsom recall election

by Emily Hoeven June 11, 2021June 11, 2021