Spend the surplus: This game puts you in charge of California’s budget
In summary With California’s budget surplus and federal stimulus up to $100 billion, a game lets you decide how to spend it. Who and what get the money? With $25 billion in federal stimulus en route...
View ArticleWhere are tenants falling through the cracks of California eviction ban?
In summary California has one of the nation’s longest-running eviction bans, but an exclusive CalMatters analysis finds that local decisions carved a divide for tenants. Landlords and sheriffs are...
View ArticleSpend the surplus game 2022: Newsom picked his budget priorities. Do you agree?
In summary California is in position to spend a jaw-dropping surplus. Gov. Gavin Newsom has outlined his plans for the money, and the Legislature has ideas of its own. What are yours? California, once...
View ArticleHow big is California’s historic budget, visualized
In summary Where does California’s historic budget proposal rank compared to previous budgets, and just how big is $300 billion? $300 billion. That’s the price tag of the budget for the coming year,...
View ArticleHow much does the Legislature look like California?
In summary The new state Legislature is the most diverse ever, but by some measures, it still isn’t fully representative of California. See details in our interactive tool. .below-content{ max-width:...
View Article¿Qué tanto se parece la Legislatura a California?
.below-content{ max-width: 780px !important; margin:0 auto !important; } En Resumen La nueva Legislatura estatal es la más diversa que ha existido, pero por algunas medidas, todavía no representa...
View ArticleCalifornia’s budget whiplash: From a record-setting surplus to a massive...
This time last year, there was excitement and possibility over how to spend a record $97.5 billion budget surplus, a shocking figure coming at the end of a bruising COVID-19 pandemic. But this year,...
View ArticlePick a team, watch the Newsom-DeSantis debate
“This has been a long time coming,” Fox News host Sean Hannity says in a hype video. It sure has. And many in the political world seem to be treating tonight’s long-awaited face-off between...
View Article‘Forever chemicals’: Water supplies throughout California will exceed new...
In summary The nationwide cost to treat or replace contaminated drinking water is estimated at $1.5 billion a year. The ubiquitous chemicals, linked to cancer and other diseases, build up in people...
View ArticleEl suministro de agua en California superará los nuevos límites de la Agencia...
Read this story in English La Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EE.UU. dio a conocer hoy los primeros límites a nivel nacional para los “químicos permanentes” peligrosos en el agua potable,...
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