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10 takeaways from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $209 billion budget

By Judy Lin & Lauren Rosenhall | CALmatters | January 10, 2019

Surplus surprise, pension paydowns, teacher strike antidotes, funds for community college, affordable housing and more.

Brown leaves Newsom a managerial mess at DMV

By Dan Walters | CALmatters | January 7, 2019

DMV made many errors in automatically registering Californians to vote, and in implementing “Real ID” driver’s licenses. The resulting mess may result in top-to-bottom audit.

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California sees slower population growth

By Dan Walters | CALmatters | January 2, 2019

California's once-soaring population growth has slowed to a crawl, which could cost it a congressional seat and will have myriad economic and social impacts.

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New Year, new rules: California laws that will matter in 2019

By Dan Morain | CALmatters | January 1, 2019

A minimum wage bump, straws, women in boardrooms, new HOV stickers, rescues-only in pet stores.

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LeBron James’ move to Lakers could cost him $20 million in taxes

By Judy Lin | CALmatters | December 28, 2018

LeBron's contributions to the state's coffers are an illustration of the state’s fiscal dependence on the wealthy. 46% of state income taxes are paid by the top 1%.

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Jerry Brown—most forgiving governor in modern California history

By Ben Christopher | CALmatters | December 24, 2018

Jerry Brown issued his regular Christmas pardons this week, concluding a record-breaking eight years that make him the most forgiving governor in modern California history.