This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California voters told lawmakers last fall that they wanted doctors to get paid more to see low-income patients. But officials for the Newsom administration blew past a federal deadline to make that happen through Medi-Cal on Monday, effectively...
Raid Or Rumor? Reports Of Immigrations Sweeps Are Warping Life In CA’s Central Valley
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Truth be told, there's a lot of white trucks in Modesto. White Dodge Rams, white GMC Sierras, white F150s, white Ford Transit vans, white Suburbans, white Silverados, white Chevy Colorados. So many white trucks, all of them American-made:...
CA Snowpack Is Near-Average. What Does This Mean for Water Supplies?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Despite some heavy rainstorms and squalls of snow in recent months, the Sierra Nevada snowpack stands at 90% of average, according to state officials. This year’s measurements mark the first below-average April snowpack since 2022, when it dropped...
Sue or Hold Back? The University of California Does Both as It Faces Trump’s Wrath
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The University of California is threading a delicate needle as it navigates the Trump administration's intensifying scrutiny of how universities operate. On one front, the UC is fighting President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to campus research funding by...
California Food Banks Brace for Funding Cuts, and Not Only From the Trump Administration
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Five years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the economy and made millions experience hunger for the first time, demand at the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services is still higher than ever. The number of monthly clients has...
Cal State Automatically Admitting High School Students With Good Grades
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. More than 17,400 high school seniors last fall got the sweetest news any anxious student can get: Congratulations, because of your high school GPA, you're automatically admitted to one of 10 California State University campuses of your choice...
California Democratic Lawmaker Exaggerated His Record as a Police Officer
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Assemblymember Mike Gipson has been a leader on police reform in the state Legislature for more than a decade, frequently citing his background as a Maywood police officer and publicly describing the on-duty murder of his partner. But...
Will This Bill Be the End of California’s Housing vs. Environment Wars?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For years California has been stuck in a recurring fight between legislators who want the state to turbocharge new home construction and legislators determined to defend a landmark environmental protection law. The final showdown in that long-standing battle...
CA Politicians Have an Irritating Habit of Ignoring the Downsides
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s governors and legislators have a number of irritating habits, such as using sneaky tactics to pass legislation with little or no public notice, or exempting themselves from the rules that govern others. However, the topper is their...
Rural CA Schools and Roads Lose Millions in Federal Funds After Latest Cuts
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For more than a century, Congress has given extra money to counties with large tracts of federal land to help pay for schools, roads and other critical services. Now that financial lifeline appears to be dead after Congress...