California's spending tripled in 25 years under Democratic leadership, as homelessness, water shortages, and poverty issues grew.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said there's nearly a $20 billion hole in the budget, but if lawmakers restore his Medi-Cal cuts the hole ...

A CalMatters investigation finds that Californians are routinely convicted of crimes without anyone investigating the charges ...

California's CEQA environmental law has been used to block housing at the expense of the environment and climate it was ...

California is a sanctuary state where police can’t help federal immigration authorities. Lawmakers want to keep them out of schools and hospitals.

Environmentalists want to raise net metering payments to solar panel owners. But the subsidies were unfair to other ...

Air quality board will vote Friday on targets and fees that aim to phase out water heaters and furnaces powered by natural ...

A CalMatters investigation finds that Californians are routinely convicted of crimes without anyone investigating the charges against them.

Hundreds of people convicted of murder in California didn’t kill anyone. They were handed long sentences because they drove a ...

Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to ban California companies from deploying driverless trucks. Yet lawmakers have resurrected ...

MAGA-aligned leaders took over the city council and set up a community review board for library material and singled out LGBT ...

Ruling rejects Trump’s attempt to get California case transferred; state takes tariffs fight to the 9th Circuit appeals court.