CalMatters

This school year the California transitional kindergarten program began expanding to eventually include all 4-year-olds. But amidst a teacher shortage, some school districts had to move teachers already on staff or lure staff away from preschool programs.

California colleges often reduce financial aid to students when they earn private grants, a practice known as scholarship displacement. The state has banned the practice for low-income students.

Gov. Gavin Newsom campaigned on housing production, an issue important to many Californians. But despite some accomplishments, the housing crisis is worse now than when he took office.

Low-income patients who need specialized cancer treatment often struggle to get it. Advocates say a new law is a small step toward improving services for those patients.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control decided to list COVID-19 among the vaccines it recommends for children, but each state decides whether to adopt those guidelines. It’s unclear what California will do, given the past controversies over children’s vaccines and the COVID vaccine in particular.

Here are the basics of the new windfall profit tax Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed, and how similar taxes have worked in the past.

Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, California’s highest court is more obscure and rarely issues polarizing opinions.

Some prosecutors say that may change. They are partnering with the state on more wage cases or forming special units to pursue labor abuses as crimes. A new felony law could help, they say.

Californians have questions about the state’s gas rebate payments, including whether it matters how many cars you have and why it’s based on 2020 tax returns. Here are some answers.

Una ley aprobada en 2020 prohibió la venta de productos de tabaco con sabor en California. Las empresas tabacalera está pidiendo a los votantes que anulen la ley.

Esta medida electoral de 2022 impondría un impuesto sobre los ingresos de cualquier individuo por encima de $2 millones para apoyar los vehículos de cero emisiones y la prevención de incendios forestales.

Esta medida electoral de 2022 enmendaría la constitución estatal para garantizar el derecho al aborto y a los anticonceptivos.