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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

A woman walks toward friends at a homeless encampment where she lives next to the Interstates 101 and 280 in San Jose

You’ve just been named California’s homelessness czar — what’s your first move?

by Matt Levin January 23, 2020January 23, 2020