By Alexei Koseff, CalMatters Assemblymembers watch the results of a vote during an Assembly floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on March 13, 2025....
California’s governors and legislators have a very bad habit of enacting major programs and projects without fully exploring their downside risks. The most spectacular example occurred...
With their profitable ‘middle-income housing’ deals under threat, developers spent thousands lobbying legislators who wanted to ensure that rents would actually be affordable to renters Subscribe...
California will take a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on a bill...
Through a series of films in the 1990s, from Boyz n the Hood to Menace II Society and Friday, the perception of Black Los Angeles became...
California’s ban on gun shows on state property is constitutional, a federal appeals court said on Tuesday, June 11. In Orange County, gun shows — including...
Just weeks before the July 1 start of a statewide ban on so-called “hidden fees,” State Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) has proposed a new law to...
If you ask Sen. Tom Umberg, the legislature’s role in regulating artificial intelligence is multi-faceted. It’s no secret that California is expected to play an outsized...
As some Californians continue scrambling for ways to affordably insure their homes, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced a push to expedite how quickly insurance companies...
Could reclassifying who is considered to be very low-income get more vulnerable people off the streets? That’s what some lawmakers are saying as the state continues...
