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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:
A day of surprises at the Capitol
With a midnight Friday deadline to determine the fate of hundreds of bills on his desk, Gov. Gavin Newsom has been a busy man. On Wednesday, Newsom unexpectedly showed up at the vigil that members of the United Farm Workers union have been holding outside the state Capitol since late August, when they completed a […]
Thu, Sep 29, 2022 5:00 am
Newsom relents, signs farmworker union bill after pressure from Biden and labor
Two days before deadline, after vetoing a similar bill last year and resisting months of marches, vigils and posturing, including a note from President Biden, Newsom changed his mind on a farmworker labor bill.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 4:50 pm
Four in a row: California drought likely to continue
After its driest three-year stretch on record, California braces for another year with below-average snow and rain. Conditions are shaping up to be a “recipe for drought."
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 5:30 am
Governor signs contentious nursing home licensing bill that splintered advocates
The bill by two Assembly Democrats followed a CalMatters investigation that exposed serious flaws in the state’s nursing home licensing system.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 5:25 am
Strong alliances could put a dent in the meth epidemic
Jail should not punish people just for using drugs; lengthy incarceration won’t help. Rather, we must use the criminal justice system strategically to promote behavioral change in people whose drug use threatens public safety.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 5:25 am
How one community pizza party is inspiring CalMatters Pizza & Politics events across California
Learn how to host your own pizza party this fall to promote nonpartisan civic knowledge for the 2022 election.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 5:25 am
Campus advocates provide key support to sexual assault survivors — but ‘superheroes’ are in short supply
When Laura Swartzen saw the email from Sacramento State University’s Title IX office, it felt like her heart skipped a beat. Swartzen, the Sac State confidential campus advocate, had spent the past nine months supporting a student who reported being sexually assaulted. Swartzen had listened to the student’s wrenching account, offered to connect them with […]
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 5:20 am
Family leave, farmworker bills come down to wire
Surrounded by members of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Tuesday a package of bills he said would advance California’s “commitment to pay equity and supporting women.” Among them: a bill requiring employers with at least 15 workers to include salary ranges in job postings and another prohibiting businesses from […]
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 5:00 am
State puts lipstick on its porcine IT project
For nearly two decades, California's state government has struggled to design and implement a comprehensive financial management system called FI$Cal but although it remains unfinished a new law declares it to be complete.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022 12:01 amStay informed.
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