calmatters.orgadded August 2026
CalMattersby Lynn La3h ago
In summary Demanding better pay and a more flexible work-from-home policy, state workers in SEIU Local 1000 voted to authorize a strike as the union negotiates with Gov. Gavin Newsom.
CalMattersby Ryan Sabalow5h ago
Are election deniers and affiliated groups gathering evidence for a potential Stop the Steal 2.0 campaign in California?
CalMattersby Chris Hoene6h ago
Every few years Californians are asked to approve state bonds to pay for investments like affordable housing, school upgrades, roads, water systems and other needs.
CalMattersby Melanie Henshaw, CalMatters-ICT6h ago
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed two bills that would’ve given tribal governments a greater voice in water projects and in preventing the destruction of sacred Indigenous religious sites on...
CalMattersby Ryan Sabalow6h ago
In summary California election skeptics filed dozens of public records requests. Some are soliciting donations from people who believe election results can’t be trusted.
CalMattersby Mikhail Zinshteyn6h ago
In summary After the UC stopped requiring the SAT, some professors say students are coming in with weak math and writing skills.
CalMattersby Sponsor1d ago
Throughout this series, we have explored how California can ensure that essential goods and services reach the people who need them.
CalMattersby Lynn La1d ago
Do clinics spend enough on patient care? The union behind Proposition 44 says no, and they want voters to decide. As CalMatters’ Kristen Hwang explains, Prop.
CalMattersby John Knefel1d ago
Right-wing media’s coverage of this June’s Los Angeles mayoral primary election unsurprisingly went heavy on voter fraud conspiracy theories and presented essentially zero real evidence.
CalMattersby Kristen Hwang1d ago
IN SUMMARY - Proposition 44 would require clinics to spend more money on patient care. - The union pushing the measure is the same one supporting the billionaire tax proposal.
CalMattersby Nadia Lathan1d ago
In summary Republican megadonors are boosting California’s voter ID measure in the hopes its success, or failure, can reveal how similar measures can perform in more moderate states.
CalMattersby Lynn La2d ago
Was it the second question on the Gray Davis recall that sealed the Democratic governor’s fate? That’s the question that asked who should replace Davis if voters gave him the boot.
CalMattersby George B. Sánchez-Tello2d ago
As a child, Zach Lewis visited his parents in different prisons. The roles reversed less than two years ago.
CalMattersby Jeanne Kuang2d ago
In summary A suggestive new Hilton ad tries to seduce liberal voters into voting Republican — and instead infuriated his conservative allies.
CalMattersby Carolyn Jones2d ago
In summary Highlands Community and Technical Schools last year was accused of misspending $180 million.
CalMattersby Khari Johnson2d ago
In summary California and dozens of countries want mandatory AI audits, conducted by AI evaluators. Lawmakers are still learning about the job — and its pitfalls.
CalMattersby Lynn La3d ago
With the election less than a month away, California county elections officials are beginning to send out mail ballots today.
CalMattersby Kate Wolffe3d ago
In summary Following the failed 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats had the political will and momentum to call for changes to the recall process.
CalMattersby Bryant Simon3d ago
March Fong Fu insisted that she wasn’t a feminist, and that she wasn’t an activist. But there the California assemblymember was on a stage, not far from the state house in Sacramento, in 1969...
CalMattersby Maya C. Miller3d ago
In summary Many Democrats are hopeful that Randy Villegas, their congressional candidate in the traditionally conservative Central Valley, can prove that progressive ideas, like universal...
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