By Alexei Koseff and Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Writers In the nearly two weeks since President Joe Biden’s catastrophic performance in a televised debate, the Democratic freakout over whether he can
By Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters Writer A blistering California heat wave over the past week and through the Fourth of July holiday has been topped off by some of the hottest temperatures
By CalMatters Staff In a stunning, last-minute reversal, Gov. Gavin Newsom is scrapping the anti-crime measure he and Democratic legislative leaders just announced. It had been designed to compete with
By Jenna Peterson CalMatters Writer For eight years, Mike Salazar has spent Fourth of July week selling fireworks in an empty parking lot in Vernon. His truck is covered floor to
By Carolyn Jones CalMatters Writer The battle over trans rights has mostly played out at school boards, but is now erupting in Sacramento as lawmakers seek to limit local authority on
News release Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced that his bill to make wildfire settlement payments tax-free cleared its first hurdle in the Assembly, passing out of the Committee on
News release Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, issued a statement Tuesday denouncing “the governor’s weaker initiative” on retail theft, which passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee on partisan lines. “This last-minute
By Nigel Duara CalMatters Writer Democratic legislative leaders Sunday night unveiled a ballot measure they say will reduce retail theft and punish drug suppliers who sell fentanyl-tainted products to unwitting consumers.
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to concerns surrounding President Joe Biden’s debate performance on Thursday night, saying he “would never turn my back” on the president.
By Alexei Koseff CalMatters Writer Months of speculation and complaints about when, or even if, Gov. Gavin Newsom would give his annual State of the State address ended Tuesday morning with
By Alexei Koseff CalMatters Writer California will make widespread cuts to state government operations, prisons, housing programs and health care workforce development in order to maintain its social safety net as
By Jeanne Kuang CalMatters Writer For years, California businesses have tried to repeal a unique state labor law that allows workers to sue their bosses over alleged workplace violations and
Compiled from CalMatters reports and news releases The California Supreme Court sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders in the Legislature on the constitutionality of a sweeping anti-tax measure,
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer California Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week that he intends to restrict the use of phones in schools following Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s warning about the
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer Amazon is facing fines of nearly $6 million after California authorities found that the company was not giving written quotas to its warehouse workers as required
By Nigel Duara CalMatters Writer You can talk about guns at California state fairgrounds. You can advertise guns there, too. You can even, in the words of a gun rights group,
News release Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced his school transparency measure, Senate Bill 1194, was approved by the Assembly Education Committee. SB 1194 would provide parents and the public
By Ryan Sabalow CalMatters Writer Los Angeles and the Bay Area tend to get their way in the California Legislature. So do labor unions, social justice organizations and defense attorneys. On
News release Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the appointments of a pair of Santa Clarita residents to two different state boards. According to a news release from the governor’s office,
By Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters Writer Uber on Monday lost its long-running attempt to overturn a California law that would require it to provide employment rights to its drivers and delivery workers.