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COVID-19

California’s 2020 all-mail election, explained

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | June 25, 2020
Now that the coronavirus has turned Election Day into a latent superspreader event, the state's Democratic lawmakers are making the 2020 general election an (almost) all-mail affair.
California

State AG to probe one of two high desert hangings of black men

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | June 15, 2020
Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the inquiry as skeptics distrust local law enforcement, suspecting the deaths are lynchings, not suicides.
COVID-19

Churches, gunshops and irate brides: All the shutdown lawsuits against Newsom, explained

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | May 11, 2020
The state is taking flak from an array of aggrieved Californians; gondoliers, conservative politicians, barbers and manicurists are among the plaintiffs.
COVID-19

“Everything happened all at once”: Can California cities weather the COVID recession?

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | May 8, 2020
Cities that are highly reliant on property taxes, not sales tax, are better suited to weather the current recession.
COVID-19

Not if, but how: California prepares for an all vote-by-mail election in November

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | April 28, 2020
All eyes are on the governor who, with an executive order, could make the upcoming election an all-mail affair.
Bay Area

Reopen California? That’s the toughest phase yet, Newsom says

By Ben Christopher, Rachel Becker | CALmatters | April 14, 2020
Even as the death toll climbs to 758, Newsom praises Californians for bending the curve and lays out a science-based path for reopening California; but it may not be anytime soon.
health

Newsom the Beneficent? California governor steps into pandemic supply vacuum

By Ben Christopher | April 8, 2020
California provides: That's the message that Gov. Gavin Newsom has been sending to the rest of the country over the last week.
Taxes

A coronavirus property tax delay? Californians shouldn’t count on it

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | April 2, 2020
Income tax filers got a delay -- why not homeowners? Because property taxes play a unique role in local budgets.
COVID-19

As California’s coronavirus curve bends, Newsom’s not ready to be the bearer of good news

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | March 31, 2020
CA’s early decision to adopt aggressive social distancing may be helping to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but it's still too soon for optimism.
health

Coronavirus “can impact anybody and everybody”: L.A. County teen is first infected youngster to die in US

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | March 24, 2020
Newsom says likely two or three months to go before COVID-19 stay-at-home order ends in California
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