This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore a portion of the 800 federal science research grants that it suspended at UCLA last month, delivering a major setback to efforts to force the university into a $1...
Hidden in Trump’s Spending Package Is a Boost to CA’s Affordable Housing
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers are preparing for a historic surge in federal funding for affordable housing construction, a tsunami of subsidy that advocates say could as much as double the number of low-rent units produced by the state over the...
CA Taxpayers Gave PG&E a Huge Loan. Losses Are Already Mounting
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Two weeks before the 2022 legislative session ended, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration came to lawmakers with a big ask: authorize a $1.4 billion state loan to keep open California’s last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon. The money was...
California Supreme Court Hands Victory to Rooftop Solar Panel Owners
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Supreme Court has sided with environmental groups in a case seen as pivotal for the proliferation of rooftop solar power in California. In a unanimous vote on Aug. 7, justices told a lower court to revisit...
California Reveals 5th State Prison to Close Because of Falling Inmate Population
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom shouldn’t expect much pushback from the next city in line to lose a state prison. Norco in Riverside County for years has been lobbying to close the California Rehabilitation Center, arguing the city can find...
California Wine Industry Is Torn on Trump Tariffs
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Tariffs on European wine could be good or bad for California wine producers, depending on whom you ask. Some American winemakers, restaurateurs and others are urging President Donald Trump to exclude wine from tariffs on goods from Europe,...
Why Building More Homes Near Transit Will Transform Lives Across California
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Working families across California are getting pushed further away from opportunity — from cities and job centers with schools, health care facilities and amenities. Nowhere is this more evident than where I live, Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest...
Should Lyft and Uber Charge More if Your Phone Battery Is Low? California May Ban That
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. It’s late at night, and you badly need a ride. Your cellphone’s battery is dangerously low. Should a ridehailing company such as Uber or Lyft be able to charge you more because its artificial intelligence programming thinks you’re...
California Police Misconduct Records Now Available in Public Database
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The public can now search internal affairs documents and other police-misconduct records from nearly 700 California law enforcement agencies through a database created by UC Berkeley and Stanford University. The Police Records Access Project database, which contains roughly...
Newsom Wants Voters to Weigh In on New Congressional Districts in November
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom is eyeing a special election in the first week of November to ask California voters to sign off on revised U.S. House districts that could boost Democratic prospects in the 2026 midterms. Though no new...