calmatters.orgadded August 2026
CalMattersby Lynn La23d ago
Lawmakers this year allocated $400,000 to a mime troupe in San Francisco, $250,000 to a San Luis Obispo nonprofit advocating for beavers and $500,000 to a nonprofit benefitting Los Angeles youth...
CalMattersby Yue Stella Yu23d ago
In summary The California Legislature’s secretive earmark process allows lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to dole out money for projects with little public scrutiny or notice, raising transparency...
CalMattersby Dan Walters23d ago
When I and this column moved from the Sacramento Union to the Sacramento Bee 42 years ago, it was something of a culture shock.
CalMattersby Kaci Patterson23d ago
During the COVID-19 pandemic, California’s community organizations held their neighborhoods together in ways a decade of grant cycles and state planning never anticipated.
CalMattersby Phoebe Huss23d ago
In summary A 2021 state law mandates schools that own military-grade weapons must disclose them annually.
CalMattersby Lynn La23d ago
In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision shooting down President Trump’s proposal to restrict mail-in voting just before the November midterm election. The U.S.
CalMattersby Adam Ashton24d ago
In summary The resignation of Anthropic researcher over his concerns about artificial intelligence companies “gambling with our lives” led to a discussion about the technology’s risk at...
CalMattersby Lynn La24d ago
President Donald Trump’s efforts to limit mail-in voting could encourage something that election officials and voting advocates have struggled to do for years: Get people to vote earlier.
CalMattersby Mikhail Zinshteyn24d ago
In summary This is CalMatters’ second open records lawsuit against a UC campus in two months. The news outlet is seeking more information about how Cal in the ACC and UCLA in the Big Ten are paying...
CalMattersby Shirley Weber24d ago
As California’s elections face greater scrutiny, voters will get to select their secretary of state, Democratic incumbent Shirley Weber or Republican Don Wagner.
CalMattersby Ana B. Ibarra24d ago
IN SUMMARY - Nearly 25,000 Californians could see their medication switched next year. - Doctors can object, but insurers would gain new power over prescriptions.
CalMattersby Anissa Durham24d ago
In summary National research shows emergency room visits connected to self-harm climbed through 2021, and the numbers remain elevated above pandemic-levels in California even as other indicators of...
CalMattersby Maya C. Miller26d ago
In summary The Supreme Court is weighing President Trump’s plan to limit universal mail-in voting with just seven weeks until the November election.
CalMattersby Adam Echelman27d ago
In summary California prohibits tech companies from selling student data, but loopholes exist. A new law creates stricter rules for how companies gather and sell student data.
CalMattersby Lynn La27d ago
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday more than a dozen bills strengthening online protections for kids.
CalMattersby David Apgar27d ago
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has so far successfully fought to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.
CalMattersby Dan Walters27d ago
Since the earliest years of its history, California has been a political battlefield over divvying up the state’s water. The intensity of the multisided conflict, like water itself, ebbs and flows.
CalMattersby Kate Wolffe27d ago
In summary Two parole board members who authorized the release of men convicted of sex crimes were ousted after Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón declined to take up their appointments.
CalMattersby Carolyn Jones27d ago
In summary Students behind in their math skills would get tutoring so they can catch up. California schools will test all kindergartners, first- and second-graders in basic math skills and provide...
CalMattersby Jocelyn Wiener27d ago
In summary Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. No more.
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