New deadline for phaseout of gas water heaters gives Bay Area homeowners one more year
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Bay Area air regulators voted 16-1 Wednesday to delay the state’s first phaseout of gas water heaters by a year and let up to half of property owners who replace one skip the switch to electric heat pumps. The rule, adopted in 2023, […]
California billionaires faced down a tax and won new protections for their wealth
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The proponents of a California billionaire tax didn’t just lose their campaign to impose a first-in-the-nation tax on wealthy people’s assets. They also appear to have lost a campaign that will make it harder for them to try again in the future. Proposition…
California has one ballot-counting trouble spot. It’s the one run by an election denier
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the end, it wasn’t shady bogeymen stuffing ballot boxes or federal agents who caused disruptions on election night in the rural Northern California Republican stronghold of Shasta County. It was the seeming incompetence of Clint Curtis, the county’s election-denying elections chief who’s…
Las escuelas recibirán miles de millones en fondos con la aprobación de la Propuesta 3
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. Las escuelas de California evitaron un fuerte recorte de ingresos el martes, después de que los votantes extendieran de forma permanente un impuesto sobre la renta para los ricos. La Proposición 3 ,…
Xavier Becerra será el próximo gobernador de California: cinco cosas que debes saber.
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is…
California accepts big broadband money from Trump — but not the terms and conditions
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The state of California has agreed to accept $1.4 billion in federal funding…
Live Election Day updates: Newsom sends lawyers to monitor polls
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Who will replace Gov. Gavin Newsom? Will Californians impose a wealth tax on…
