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Walters: Newsom, Legislature Build New Wall of Debt

June 15, 2020

When Jerry Brown returned to the governorship in 2011, he pledged that fixing a deficit-ridden state budget would be his highest priority. A big piece of Brown’s fix was taking down what he called “a wall of debt,” more than $30 billion in various kinds of ...

African American Reparation Bill Passes California Assembly

AP News

June 12, 2020

SACRAMENTO — A proposal to establish a task force to study and prepare recommendations for how to give reparations to African Americans passed the California Assembly on Thursday. The bill advanced with a 56...

California Senate OKs Bill to Mail Ballots for Fall Election

AP News

June 12, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Fearing a surge of coronavirus cases that could force a second statewide shutdown in the fall, the California Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would guarantee all registered voters get a ...

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Is Gov. Newsom Blind About Work in Our Pandemic-Shaped Future?

Bill McEwen

June 10, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom likely knows in his gut how devastating Senate Bill 743 will be to California's housing shortage and the wealth gap dividing our coastal and interior communities. And, I am certain that the governor knows that trends accelerate in a crisis...

Walters: Floyd Protests Challenge Politicians

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

June 10, 2020

The tsunami of righteous indignation over the suffocation death of a black man, George Floyd, by a Minneapolis policeman, like all crises, creates both opportunity and peril for political figures. It will ce...

Newsom and Lawmakers Pursue ‘Mutually Repugnant’ Budget Compromise

CalMatters

June 9, 2020

Even with the process controlled entirely by Democrats, a certain degree of tension is wired into the annual ritual of crafting a state budget in Sacramento. The spending plan, after all, is a powerful opportun...

California Deal for Protective Masks Wins Federal Approval

AP News

June 9, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Millions of protective masks will soon be on their way to California after the manufacturer paid by the state to make them finally won U.S. federal certification, the governor's office announced Monday. It came more than a month after the masks ha...

California Legislative Leaders Back State ‘Sleeper Hold’ Ban

AP News

June 9, 2020

SACRAMENTO — California's Assembly speaker and other key lawmakers on Monday backed making it illegal statewide for police to use a type of neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain, a proposal that ...

Will Newsom Cling to Dinosaur Plan or See Our Pandemic-Shaped Future?

Bill McEwen

June 8, 2020

Walters: A Rift Over Closing the Budget Deficit

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

June 8, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic alters life in California in ways never before seen, one impact is on the annual ritual of fashioning a state budget. With just a few days remaining until the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2020-21 budget, Gov. Gavin...

GOP Worries Trump's Divisive June Imperils Senate Control

Clorox Becomes ‘It’ Brand in World Sheltered in Place

Huge Explosions Rock Beirut With Widespread Damage, Injuries

Convicted Fresno Murderer Allegedly Stabs Inmate to Death

UC San Diego Researchers Say 'Cloaked Decoy' Could Knock Out COVID-19

Support Team Arrives as Newsom Says Central Valley Is Biggest COVID Concern

Who Will Go to the Front of the Line for COVID-19 Vaccine?

County Has ‘Unchecked Community Spread,’ ICU Beds Below 10%

Singer Says Lawsuit Over Lady a Name Is 'White Privilege'

Lakers Beat Jazz 116-108 to Clinch Top Seed in West

As US Milk Sales Rise Amid Pandemic, “Got Milk?” Ads Return

Navy Investigates Video of Dogs Attacking Kaepernick Fill-In

How Much is Our Personal Data Worth?

Walters: Two Mayors Seek More Authority

Walters: California Economy Faces Tough Slog

Walters: Legislators Want to Pile on Debt

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

As Crime Surges on His Watch, Trump Warns of Biden's America

Joe Biden Buries the Hatchet and Looks to Bring in Kamala Harris as Running Mate

Trump vs. Biden: Where They Stand on Health, Economy, More

2020 Election: Who’s Running for School Boards?

Walters: Newsom, Legislature Build New Wall of Debt

African American Reparation Bill Passes California Assembly

California Senate OKs Bill to Mail Ballots for Fall Election

Is Gov. Newsom Blind About Work in Our Pandemic-Shaped Future?

Walters: Floyd Protests Challenge Politicians

Newsom and Lawmakers Pursue ‘Mutually Repugnant’ Budget Compromise

California Deal for Protective Masks Wins Federal Approval

California Legislative Leaders Back State ‘Sleeper Hold’ Ban

Will Newsom Cling to Dinosaur Plan or See Our Pandemic-Shaped Future?

Walters: A Rift Over Closing the Budget Deficit

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