State of California Government News

It’s been five months since California’s legislative leaders deemed affordability an “urgent” issue for the session. So far: committees, bills, but few results.

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget provides $2.4 billion in ongoing Proposition 98 funding to permanently expand Transitional Kindergarten, or TK, which has been gaining steam in Capital area communities like Roseville.

Placer County District 5 Supervisor Cindy Gustafson was appointed by the governor Wednesday to serve on the State Board of Fire Services.

In a recent interview with Sacramento News & Review Publisher Jeff vonKaenel, California Workforce Development Board Executive Director Kaina Pereira shared his vision for workforce development boards and highlighted both the challenges and opportunities they face.

The health care landscape in Monterey County could look different in the next few years, after the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability board voted 5-0 on Tuesday, April 22, to label Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and Salinas Valley Health as high-cost outlier hospitals, requiring them to cap their spending growth at a lower rate than over 400 other hospitals in the state, starting with a 1.8-percent cap in 2026.