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Groups that fight hunger say they’re “deeply disappointed” in the new budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last year, the Legislature approved $40 million to expand food assistance to low-income people over age 55, regardless of immigration status. But now, the governor wants to delay it until 2027....
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Starting in April, an estimated 2-3 million people could be dropped from Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income people. For three years during COVID, terminations were halted, but Congress recently voted to de-link the program from the Public Health Emergency. So California will have 14 months to re-evaluate eligibility for...
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The Republican nightmare in Congress is a great opportunity for moderates to build a bipartisan agenda. The victory will be very expensive for the new president of the House of Representatives, the California Republican Kevin McCarthy. He not only required 15 desperate and dramatic rounds of voting to win...
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La pesadilla de los republicanos en el congreso es una gran oportunidad para que los moderados construyan una agenda bipartidista. Le va a salir muy caro el triunfo al nuevo presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, el republicano de California Kevin McCarthy. No sólo necesitó 15 desesperadas y dramáticas rondas...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters Cuando el sol finalmente se asomó después de días de brutales tormentas en el norte de California, el gobernador Gavin Newsom marchó el 6 de enero a través del Tower Bridge de Sacramento y rumbo al Capitolio estatal con la vista puesta en un segundo mandato que podría...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters As the sun finally broke through after days of brutal rainstorms across Northern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom marched January 6 across Sacramento’s Tower Bridge and toward the state Capitol with an eye on a second term that could position him as the leader of not only the state...
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In 2022, the California Legislature passed nearly 1,200 bills — and nearly 1,000 became law with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature. Many of the new laws are minor fixes to laws that legislators and the governor previously enacted. Others are rather narrow or specific to a certain industry. Still others will be phased...
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En 2022, la Legislatura de California aprobó casi 1,200 proyectos de ley, y casi 1,000 se convirtieron en ley con la firma del gobernador Gavin Newsom. Muchas de las nuevas leyes son correcciones menores a leyes que los legisladores y el gobernador promulgaron anteriormente. Otras son más bien reducidas o específicas de...
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Zaeem Shaikh CalMatters It took Xander nearly a decade to try community college again. The incoming American River College student first attempted higher education in North Carolina in 2013. But navigating campus as a man who is transgender was a nightmare, said Xander, who’s now 30 and asked to...
Groups that fight hunger say they’re “deeply disappointed” in the new budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last year, the Legislature approved $40 million to expand food assistance to low-income people over age 55, regardless of immigration status. But now, the governor wants to delay it until 2027....
Starting in April, an estimated 2-3 million people could be dropped from Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income people. For three years during COVID, terminations were halted, but Congress recently voted to de-link the program from the Public Health Emergency. So California will have 14 months to re-evaluate eligibility for...
The Republican nightmare in Congress is a great opportunity for moderates to build a bipartisan agenda. The victory will be very expensive for the new president of the House of Representatives, the California Republican Kevin McCarthy. He not only required 15 desperate and dramatic rounds of voting to win...
La pesadilla de los republicanos en el congreso es una gran oportunidad para que los moderados construyan una agenda bipartidista. Le va a salir muy caro el triunfo al nuevo presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, el republicano de California Kevin McCarthy. No sólo necesitó 15 desesperadas y dramáticas rondas...
Alexei Koseff CalMatters Cuando el sol finalmente se asomó después de días de brutales tormentas en el norte de California, el gobernador Gavin Newsom marchó el 6 de enero a través del Tower Bridge de Sacramento y rumbo al Capitolio estatal con la vista puesta en un segundo mandato que podría...
Alexei Koseff CalMatters As the sun finally broke through after days of brutal rainstorms across Northern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom marched January 6 across Sacramento’s Tower Bridge and toward the state Capitol with an eye on a second term that could position him as the leader of not only the state...
In 2022, the California Legislature passed nearly 1,200 bills — and nearly 1,000 became law with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature. Many of the new laws are minor fixes to laws that legislators and the governor previously enacted. Others are rather narrow or specific to a certain industry. Still others will be phased...
En 2022, la Legislatura de California aprobó casi 1,200 proyectos de ley, y casi 1,000 se convirtieron en ley con la firma del gobernador Gavin Newsom. Muchas de las nuevas leyes son correcciones menores a leyes que los legisladores y el gobernador promulgaron anteriormente. Otras son más bien reducidas o específicas de...
Zaeem Shaikh CalMatters It took Xander nearly a decade to try community college again. The incoming American River College student first attempted higher education in North Carolina in 2013. But navigating campus as a man who is transgender was a nightmare, said Xander, who’s now 30 and asked to...