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Students at Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School in San Francisco on Feb. 23, 2023. Photo by Shelby Knowles for CalMatters

How can California help at-risk students close achievement gaps?

by Dan Walters March 12, 2023March 8, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to tweak the state’s program for improving educational outcomes of at-risk students, but his proposal doesn’t fix its fundamental flaws.

At right, Democratic State Senator Ben Allen, of Santa Monica, and State Senator Steve Glazer (left) confer during the Senate session at the Capitol in 2018. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Will new California law curb pay-to-play in local governments?

by Dan Walters March 8, 2023March 7, 2023

The third media snow survey of the 2023 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. March 3, 2023. Photo by Fred Greaves, California Department of Water Resources.

California’s record winter storms could spawn disastrous floods

by Dan Walters March 7, 2023March 6, 2023

A voter fills out their ballot while at the Alexander Hamilton Middle School voting center on Nov. 8, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Transparency on California’s local ballot measures faces new threat

by Dan Walters March 6, 2023March 2, 2023

View of downtown Los Angeles from Ascot Park during sunset on Nov. 18, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela for CalMatters

Los Angeles County entertains governmental reform

by Dan Walters March 5, 2023March 1, 2023

A rendering of the proposed California High-Speed Rail. Courtesy of the California High-Speed Rail Authority

California bullet train project still lacks needed financing

by Dan Walters March 1, 2023March 2, 2023

Students walk past the Doe Memorial Library on the University of California, Berkeley campus on Feb. 3, 2022. Thalia Juarez for CalMatters

Will California’s misused environmental law finally be reformed?

by Dan Walters February 28, 2023February 27, 2023

During a panel, State senators discuss petroleum windfall profits penalties and whether Californians will get relief at the gas pump, at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Newsom’s crackdown on oil industry faces bipartisan skepticism

by Dan Walters February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Huntington Beach. Photo by Jennifer Sharp via iStock

As city-state housing war heats up, one rich California enclave gets a pass

by Dan Walters February 26, 2023February 26, 2023

A homeless camp outside the PATH apartment complex in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2021. Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Is ending homelessness just a matter of money?

by Dan Walters February 22, 2023February 23, 2023