Safiyo Jama, a San Diego resident from Somalia, has voted in U.S. elections since 2012 and helps other Somali residents understand election materials. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters
State Sens. Aisha Wahab (left) and Shannon Grove speak during the Senate floor session at the Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 22, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters
While graduation rates for Black students are the lowest in California universities, cultural centers can help address equity issues. Centers for Black students create a safe space to foster community while connecting with academic resources and Black faculty.
California’s public schools depend on state aid for the lion’s share of their operational income. Two trends – declining enrollment and high absenteeism – are creating financial headaches.
Voters authorized the Legislature to go to standard or daylight saving time year-round, but nearly six years later no law is on the books. It takes a two-thirds vote, and also congressional action to go to daylight saving year-round.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is touring Paris this week to study how France is preparing for the 2024 Olympics. When California’s biggest city is on the same global stage in four years, it’ll have a chance to rebut its …
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Early primary results point to a record-breaking number of women serving in the California Legislature after the November election.
Voters cast their ballots at City Hall in San Francisco on March 5, 2024. Photo by Juliana Yamada for CalMatters
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Progressive Democratic groups that backed Katie Porter or Barbara Lee are blasting Rep. Schiff’s “selfish” tactics in boosting Republican Steve Garvey into the November election. Some also want Schiff to take a stronger stand for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Voters in Huntington Beach are passing measures for voter IDs and against gay pride flags to make the city a conservative bastion. But the state could take the city to court.
Some of California’s most powerful lawmakers have taken aim at corporate landlords this legislative session. The precise impact and effect of institutional investors on California housing is hard to assess.
In recent decades, the logistics industry has flourished in Southern California, but there’s a backlash over the industry’s low wages and the pollution it creates.
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California, Arizona and Nevada would cut their allocations about 20% when reservoir levels drop. But other states have their own more aggressive plan. Now the federal government has to decide how to manage the drought-plagued river.
The Republican Party in California once embraced progressive electoral reforms, and championed taxes, gun control and abortion rights. As two races showed this week, it has a new role as a foil for Democrats. That’s not good for California – …
California has typically had U.S. senators with different personalities, one being flashy and the other quietly diligent. That phenomenon may be ending when two journeyman politicians, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, occupy the state’s two Senate seats.