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California

Riskier bet: Why CalPERS, the country’s largest pension fund, is getting into banking

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | July 9, 2020
How does the nation’s biggest public pension system pay down its debts amid a global economic collapse? One idea: Become a banker.
Bay Area

Props to you, Californians: A preview of what’s on your November ballot

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | June 29, 2020
Facing a dozen measures on their November ballot, voters will be asked to decide the fate of hot issues from taxes to rent control, bail to privacy, and more.
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.
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