Yolo County Statewide Articles

Opponents of Proposition 32 to increase the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour are running ads focused on the cost of living. Proponents are not reaching out to voters very much. And polls show declining support.

In addition to voting on $10 billion in state school bonds, Inland Empire residents will consider bonds for 22 school districts.

After leading the way nationally, efforts by California lawmakers to advance the rights of student athletes have stalled. No lawmakers appear poised to take up the issue in the near future.

Use our tool to search through investigations opened by the state’s campaign law watchdog. The data updates weekly.

Despite inconsistencies and flaws in the Fair Political Practices Commission’s enforcement data, we found 15% of investigations took more than two years to resolve.

CalMatters’ nonpartisan voter guide is more accessible, reaching more audiences and empowering more voters than ever before.

In this big, beckoning land full of wide-open spaces, there's almost nowhere for working people to live. More than 90 percent of the land is owned by government agencies that have little interest in making housing available for the flocks …

It's a battle playing out in bedrooms and living rooms in New York and Los Angeles. With so many residents of the country's two biggest cities moving back and forth from coast to coast, it might be the most common …

L.A. County renters were at least 14 percentage points more likely to support affordable housing construction and other policies in their neighborhood than homeowners, a USC survey found.

Former President Trump says that if reelected, he will initiate the largest mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in history. Experts say that's unlikely.

In California's key House races that will help determine control of Congress, Democratic candidates support Prop. 36 to make tougher sentences for drug and theft crimes.

D.A. George Gascón glided into office on a wave of calls for criminal justice reform. But after a rocky first term, his reelection bid is on life support.

Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills.

Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills.

Most of us operate on the calendar year — the 12 months that begin on January 1 and end on December 31.

“We need to bring the education to where the students are and not force the students to go to where the education is,” said Darla Cooper of RP Group.

Councilmember Kevin De León confirmed that the student who posed the question to his opponent about police abolition is one of his staffers.

A former private school counselor pleaded guilty to two child pornography charges Wednesday. He used hidden cameras to capture young boys using the toilet, authorities said.

The director of California's mental health commission traveled to London this summer courtesy of a state vendor while he was helping to prevent a $360 million budget cut that would have defunded the company's contract.

The director of California's mental health commission traveled to London this summer courtesy of a state vendor while he was helping to prevent a $360 million budget cut that would have defunded the company's contract.