Los Angeles, CA|News|
California Divide Media Collaboration Adds A Veteran Journalist In Los Angeles
Nigel Duara will join CalMatters to cover poverty and inequality issues as part of the California Divide project.
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Sacramento|News|
Issues CA Legislators Need To Address (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: While hundreds of new measures will be dropped into the legislative mill, there are a few that should top the Capitol's agenda.
Del Mar-Carmel Valley, CA|News|
Desalination Plant Can Transform Monterey Peninsula And Help Avert Water Crisis (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Jeff Davi is a former California Real Estate Commissioner and Realtor who lives in Carmel.
Sacramento|News|
Congress Must Protect Public Lands, Including The Pacific Crest Trail; Californians Should Lead The Effort (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Liz Bergeron is executive director of the Sacramento based Pacific Crest Trail Association.
Across California, CA|News|
CA Lawmakers Make, But Don't Keep, Promises (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Governors and legislators routinely make policy decrees and then either neglect to follow through or fail to monitor.
Across California, CA|News|
Workers’ Comp Creates Lengthy Delays For Californians Injured On The Job
Injured workers in California often wait months or even years to receive the medical evaluations required to get needed treatment.
Los Angeles, CA|News|
CA Assembly Leader Talks 2020 Priorities, Politics — And Parenting
As CA lawmakers return for a new year, Anthony Rendon, from Los Angels, talks wildfires, housing, and being a new dad.
San Diego, CA|News|
CA Supreme Court Helps Insider Dealing (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: The case involved bonds that the City of San Diego issued in 2015 to refinance bonds that had been issued for Petco Park.
Sacramento|News|
California Politics: New Year, Old Issues (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: As we begin a new year and a new decade, CA contradictions seem destined to become even more confounding.
Across California, CA|News|
Fires, Floods And More: A View Of California From Space In 2019
California's year of extreme events includes fires, floods, blobs, and blooms — here's a look back at 2019 from space.
Los Angeles, CA|News|
Presidential Candidates Should Agree: Fixing The CA Housing Crisis Must Not Be Partisan (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Joe Buscaino is a Los Angeles city councilmember, and president of National League of Cities.
San Francisco, CA|News|
Ok, Boomer? Kids These Days? Why Generational Warfare Gets Us Nowhere (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Stacy Torres is an assistant professor of sociology at UC San Francisco.
Across California, CA|News|
California Increases Oversight Of College Admissions Following Scandal
The nationwide Varsity Blues scandal posed an important question about CA college admissions, one legislatures seek to answer with two laws.
San Francisco, CA|News|
CA Minimum-Wage Workers Will See Pay Boosts On Jan. 1
Minimum wage increased statewide by $1 per hour. But Bay Area cities are raising rates even higher to grapple with a high cost of living.
Across California, CA|News|
New 2020 Law: CA To Ban Smoking, Vaping In State Parks, Beaches
California is banning smoking — cigarettes and anything else — on state parks and beaches in 2020.
Across California, CA|News|
Why California Needs More Male Teachers Of Color
When students of color have teachers of color, they learn more, finish high school at higher rates, and are more likely to go to college.
Across California, CA|News|
New 2020 Law: CA To Cap Rent Hikes For Millions Of Tenants
A new California law will protect about 8 million Californians from dramatic rent hikes, and from certain evictions that lack “just cause.”
Across California, CA|News|
13 CalMatters Stories That Captured A State In Motion In 2019
This was the year progressive politicos — a vibrant, image-conscious governor and a Democratic “giga-majority” of legislators — took charge.
Across California, CA|News|
CA Must Lead Fight To End Domestic Violence (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: California’s fiscal outlook shows the state can afford to invest more in the prevention of domestic violence.
Across California, CA|News|
How CA Can Solve Water Shortage With Water We Have (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: The cheapest water is the water we save.
