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Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters California’s port traffic is beginning to look worse now, under the effects of President Donald Trump’s fickle tariff policy, than it did at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The vessel calls, or cancellations, that we’re seeing today (are) starting to exceed the number that we...
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Khari Johnson CalMatters AI can get rid of racist restrictions in housing covenants and help people access government benefits, or it can deny people health care or a mortgage because of their race. That’s why, last month, for the third year in a row, Democratic Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan of San Ramon proposed a bill to protect people from automated...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Perhaps no state has more to lose than California in the federal budget proposal House Republicans passed this week. That spending plan sets up significant cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people. California has taken just about every route and opportunity to...
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Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem: People aren’t buying electric cars fast enough. After three straight years of strong growth, sales have stabilized in...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters For California political observers, the housing plan that Kamala Harris recently unveiled may have caused a twinge of familiarity. As a central plank of her agenda to “lower costs for American families,” the Democratic presidential nominee pledged in August to build 3 million additional affordable homes and rentals...
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New poll results show 80% of likely Arizona voters believe American democracy is under threat. The new survey from the Center for the Future of Arizona found just as many believe their vote could improve democracy. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., said with fewer than 50 days until Election Day, there are...
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Rachel Becker CalMatters A pesar de las perpetuas luchas de California con la escasez de agua, los reguladores estatales adoptaron la semana pasada medidas de conservación obligatorias que son sustancialmente más débiles y ahorran menos agua de lo que planearon originalmente. Las reglas, que tardaron años en elaborarse, fueron...
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Rachel Becker CalMatters Despite California’s perpetual struggles with water shortages, state regulators this week adopted mandatory conservation measures that are substantially weaker and save less water than they originally planned. The rules, years in the making, were mandated by a package of laws that tasked state agencies with making...
Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters California’s port traffic is beginning to look worse now, under the effects of President Donald Trump’s fickle tariff policy, than it did at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The vessel calls, or cancellations, that we’re seeing today (are) starting to exceed the number that we...
Khari Johnson CalMatters AI can get rid of racist restrictions in housing covenants and help people access government benefits, or it can deny people health care or a mortgage because of their race. That’s why, last month, for the third year in a row, Democratic Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan of San Ramon proposed a bill to protect people from automated...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Perhaps no state has more to lose than California in the federal budget proposal House Republicans passed this week. That spending plan sets up significant cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people. California has taken just about every route and opportunity to...
Alejandro Lazo CalMatters California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem: People aren’t buying electric cars fast enough. After three straight years of strong growth, sales have stabilized in...
Alexei Koseff CalMatters For California political observers, the housing plan that Kamala Harris recently unveiled may have caused a twinge of familiarity. As a central plank of her agenda to “lower costs for American families,” the Democratic presidential nominee pledged in August to build 3 million additional affordable homes and rentals...
New poll results show 80% of likely Arizona voters believe American democracy is under threat. The new survey from the Center for the Future of Arizona found just as many believe their vote could improve democracy. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., said with fewer than 50 days until Election Day, there are...
Rachel Becker CalMatters A pesar de las perpetuas luchas de California con la escasez de agua, los reguladores estatales adoptaron la semana pasada medidas de conservación obligatorias que son sustancialmente más débiles y ahorran menos agua de lo que planearon originalmente. Las reglas, que tardaron años en elaborarse, fueron...
Rachel Becker CalMatters Despite California’s perpetual struggles with water shortages, state regulators this week adopted mandatory conservation measures that are substantially weaker and save less water than they originally planned. The rules, years in the making, were mandated by a package of laws that tasked state agencies with making...