Are corporate landlords gobbling up California homes?
By Ben Christopher | CalMatters Some of the state’s most powerful legislators want Big Landlord out of California’s single family neighborhoods. The Legislature will consider at least three bills this...
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Three months after leaving Patton State Hospital, she was supposed to be...
BY BYRHONDA LYONS Each day someone at Patton State Hospital near Highland handed Fredreaka Jack her medication: three pills to manage her schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, one or two for her blood...
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California is clearing criminal records — including violent crimes — to offer...
It has been 13 years since Nick C. sat in an Alameda County jail at the age of 24, facing decades in prison and the prospect of never seeing his kids again. He looks back on it as a turning point:...
View ArticleGov. Gavin Newsom calls for a ceasefire in Gaza
BY SAMEEA KAMAL | CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom said today he supports President Biden’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza, citing the “ongoing and horrific loss of innocent civilian life.” “I support...
View ArticleConfusion reigns: Which fast food workers will get paid more in California?
By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters Say you work at a fast food restaurant or coffee shop that bears the name of a national chain. Under California law, you’re entitled to be paid at least $20 an hour...
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Gov. Newsom says baseball saved him. But the legend of his career doesn’t...
BY ALEXEI KOSEFF | CalMatters For their 2004 home opener, the San Francisco Giants invited a special guest to throw the ceremonial first pitch: Gavin Newsom, then just a few months into his first term...
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California commissioner, Farmers CEO ‘look outside’ for answers to insurance...
State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara — who is in the midst of issuing new regulations to address California’s insurance crisis — told CalMatters this week that he feels like he is “in a forced...
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Should wildfire victims get a break from California’s home solar mandate?
By Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters Hundreds of homes in Joe Patterson’s Northern California Assembly district burned to the ground in the Caldor Fire. In the three years since that devastating summer, many...
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A student sent a swastika to a Jewish Long Beach lawmaker’s daughter. The...
In response to his daughter receiving a swastika on social media, a Long Beach Jewish lawmaker is pushing for a bill that would give school administrators authority to suspend or expel students if they...
View ArticleDemocrats kill California homeless encampments ban, again
A bill to ban homeless encampments statewide near parks, schools and transit hubs failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year. For the second year in a row, Democrats on Tuesday...
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