CalMatters

As Texas moves forward with an off-cycle redistricting to shore up Republicans’ narrow House majority, Gov. Gavin Newsom is plotting a Democratic response in California.

Trump’s call to enforce bans on encampments echoes Gov. Gavin Newsom’s policy. But the president wants to upend two other core tenants of California’s homelessness response.

After withholding roughly $900 million from California’s K-12 and adult schools, the Education Department said today that it will release the money starting next week. But schools must agree to certain conditions first.

The State Water Resources Control Board didn’t shy away from a controversial agreement in a new proposal, which qualifies as a major development in the long-running debate about delta water use.

Public radio and TV stations across California say they are cutting local programming and laying off staff after Congress approved major funding cuts.

California voters in 2016 passed a ballot initiative championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that in part required background checks for ammunition purchases. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that provision violates the 2nd Amendment.

Cal State has a budget shortfall that now totals $2.3 billion. It has laid off workers, cut classes and says it can’t give pay raises.

Only a handful of Planned Parenthood organizations will continue to receive money from the federal government. None of them are in California.

California will get the federal money withheld for after-school programs, but spending must comply with Trump’s priorities.

The changes Congress made will hit Covered California and likely drive up health insurance costs for 2 million Californians.

Nearly a third of Cal/OSHA positions were vacant last year, and a new state audit found that caused the agency to skip in-person inspections, even when workers were injured.

Federal agents arrested hundreds of workers after immigration sweeps at a California cannabis company, stoking fears that President Donald Trump might target the marijuana industry.