CALmatters is a Sacramento-based nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. It works with more than 130 media partners throughout the state that have long, deep relationships with their local audiences, including Embarcadero Media (publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice, Pleasanton Weekly and The Almanac in Menlo Park and their websites.)
Here are the most recent stories reported by CALmatters' team of journalists:
Unless the governor and Legislature address flaws in the way the state plans for and develops public transit and rail projects, California’s ambitious climate-related goals cannot be realized.
Tue, May 24, 2022 5:25 amIndependent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated.
Tue, May 24, 2022 5:25 amWith California’s June 7 primary election just two weeks away, political campaigns are intensifying — and getting more confusing. Take this mailer circulating in Southern California, which reads, “We all want to protect the environment, increase recycling and reduce plastic waste, but adding billions of dollars in higher costs on the backs of working families […]
Tue, May 24, 2022 5:00 amDemocrats control three-quarters of the California Legislature's seats and one aspect of one-party domination has been ever-increasing secrecy in the legislative process, especially on the state budget.
Tue, May 24, 2022 12:01 amCalifornia has twice extended the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims, prompting nine state bishops to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the law unconstitutional.
Mon, May 23, 2022 5:30 amSacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too.
Mon, May 23, 2022 5:28 amA robust monitoring program is essential to ensure the success of the project to remove four aging hydropower dams on the Klamath River. More than $450 million has been allocated, but little has been allocated to fund the science to evaluate the project.
Mon, May 23, 2022 5:25 amCalifornia's unemployment rate is improving, but inflation, sky-high prices and high interest rates threaten the state's economic recovery.
Mon, May 23, 2022 5:00 amThis year's California elections are a venue for the state Legislature's power struggle, pitting progressive Democrats against business -friendly moderates.
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