During his first governorship a half-century ago, Jerry Brown acquired a reputation for making abrupt changes of position, ...

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.

Jerry Brown once described reform of the California Environmental Quality Act as “the lord’s work” but he, like other recent governors, was not willing to invest enough political capital to ...

California mental health support lines say they're getting more calls than ever. Several are scaling back services and laying ...

The Trump administration said it seized the 'worst of the worst' in Los Angeles immigration raids. Despite the sanctuary ...

According to CalMatters, the law allows high-tech manufacturing facilities to be built in areas already zoned for industrial ...

California’s excise tax on legal weed is increasing, despite efforts to keep it lower to help the struggling industry.

California Democrats were split on a proposal that would have extended an eviction grace period for tenants who fall behind ...

New legislation exempts virtually all infill housing projects from CEQA’s provisions, making it more difficult for opponents of high-density housing projects to block approval.

Homeless residents of some of California’s biggest cities increasingly are facing criminal penalties for the actions they ...

Lauren Hepler is an investigative reporter at CalMatters focused on labor issues and California’s housing crisis. She has ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Protesters gather over Highway 101 in downtown Los Angeles in support of the “Day Without Immigrants” march on Feb. 3, ...