Bay Area In California Legislature, 500 bills beat the deadline By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | February 21, 2023 Several bills tackle hot-button topics like fossil fuels and the fentanyl crisis
Bay Area More than 12,000 Californians are getting cash from guaranteed income experiments By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | February 14, 2023 State and local governments, and some private funders, are launching dozens of pilot projects
Bay Area The California Legislature is back: Five key questions By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | January 5, 2023 Housing, climate change, and the budget deficit are among the top-of-mind issues for the new Legislature.
California New blood, Big Oil: California Legislature starts special session By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | December 6, 2022 A new California Legislature with a record number of women and plenty of new members faces a decision on oil profits.
Climate Why California’s eco-friendly, tax-the-rich electorate killed Prop. 30 By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | November 10, 2022 The ballot measure also was complicated and divided Democrats, a recipe for failure.
gavin newsom Your questions about California’s gas rebate answered By Grace Gedye | CalMatters | October 19, 2022 Answers to popular questions, including whether it matters how many cars you have and why the rebate is based on 2020 tax returns.
COVID-19 California unemployment checks: New report says here’s why they’re so hard to get By Grace Gedye | CalMatters | August 8, 2022 The EDD pursued lowering costs and hindering fraud over making it easy for workers to access benefits, a new report found.
Bay Area California’s public health tax is dead for the year By Angela Hart | Kaiser Health News | July 19, 2022 Organizers reported gathering enough signatures but lacked a broad base of support among legislators and health and business groups.
gavin newsom California cuts cannabis taxes to heal ailing industry By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | July 5, 2022 Not everyone is convinced it's enough to stabilize the legal market.
Bay Area What to know about the California budget By CalMatters Staff | June 27, 2022 Highlights of the record California budget agreement include more tax rebates and spending for abortion access, public schools and small businesses.