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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
Posted inPolitics

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

Avatar photo by Sameea Kamal January 25, 2022February 9, 2022
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
Posted inHousing

Victorious in recall, Newsom refocuses on California housing crisis

Avatar photo 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
Posted inHousing

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

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias August 19, 2021February 18, 2022
Construction workers break down dirt at an affordable housing construction site in Long Beach, on July 22, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Posted inHousing

Why are key California affordable housing bills bottled up?

Avatar photo 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
Posted inHigher Education

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

Avatar photo 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
Posted inWhatMatters

Legislature goes out with a budget bang

Avatar photo 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
Posted inPolitics

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

Avatar photoAvatar photo 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
Posted inHousing

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

Avatar photo 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
Posted inWhatMatters

State paying itself for Newsom vaccine lottery

Avatar photo 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
Posted inWhatMatters

In switch, lawmakers accelerate Newsom recall election

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven June 11, 2021June 11, 2021

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