CalMatters @CalMatters

Your nonprofit & nonpartisan state newsroom dedicated to explaining how government impacts our lives. calmatters.org California, USA Joined November 2014

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Former state Senate leader Toni Atkins says there is “no viable path” to her winning the 2026 race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. She was far behind in the polls amid a crowded field. cal.news/46OZ7Ss 📝 @JeanneKuang

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Commentary: This a moment to stand up and fight. The University of California Regents must challenge the Trump administration in federal court. cal.news/4nrsz81 📝 Blake Emerson

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.@SenAlexPadilla visited immigration court in San Diego and said he wanted to observe the issues that people face in proceedings. cal.news/484m1r7 📝 @Deborahsbrennan

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Gov. Gavin Newsom is weighing legislation that would allow California renters to fight eviction if their Social Security checks are disrupted by DOGE and Trump. cal.news/4mFOyqM 📝 Ryan Sabalow

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Social Security and Medicare benefits will keep flowing in a government shutdown, but federal employees will be working without pay and delays likely will occur across many services. cal.news/4gMI47T

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When Sen. Alex Padilla attended an immigration hearing at the federal courthouse in San Diego Wednesday, there were no confrontations with federal officials and no public arrests of people attending immigration check-ins. cal.news/484m1r7

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Commentary: We cannot let red tape from insurance companies get in their way. Maine and Indiana have already passed similar laws. It’s California’s turn. cal.news/48yQRbw 📝 @AsmMarkGonzalez

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The concept of a “housing shortage” is, in theory, pretty simple. In practice, defining and then setting out to quantify the “housing you need” is an exercise fraught with messy data, guestimation and an inconvenient need for judgement calls cal.news/4gLVeCj 📝 @FromBenC

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Commentary: Gov. Gavin Newsom said he's the opposite of President Donald Trump when it comes to climate change. But a letter by 40 groups says he's abandoning key environmental policies. cal.news/4mCLLhQ 📝 @DanCALmatters

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Commentary: Of all our presidents, is Donald Trump the foremost expert on bail? If it’s a matter of personal experience, then yes. But he still doesn’t know what he’s talking about. cal.news/4niWJKt 📝 Robert Greene

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California adopted major sentencing changes under Governors Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown. A new report provides the first in-depth look at how they're working. cal.news/46xmOzT 📝 Cayla Mihalovich

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Commentary: A year after Harris lost her second presidential bid, the two politicians whose relationship has always featured elements of both mutual support and rivalry find themselves at a crossroads. cal.news/3Iuiqby 📝 Dan Walters

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California lawmakers started the year signaling they were ready to get tough on data centers, aiming to protect the environment and electricity ratepayers. Nine months later, they have little to show for it. cal.news/4pGZ43s 📝 @kharijohnson

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Local history projects are some of the biggest casualties as 19 California campuses are missing over $5.2 million in canceled federal grants. cal.news/4gF5xYJ 📝 Lylah Schmedel-Permanna

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The nation’s second largest school district has emerged as a national model for how school districts can help families gripped by fear. cal.news/4gGOeGR 📝 @carolynjones100

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Commentary: The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog collects "intervenor fees" for participating in premium setting in the Department of Insurance. It says it saves consumers millions of dollars more than it collects. cal.news/3KbX5Ep 📝 @DanCALmatters

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The Inland Empire Health Plan kept $320 million that it should have given back to the federal government, a federal lawsuit claims. cal.news/4mAipkl 📝 @aidan_mcgloin

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Experts worry liberal California will be blacklisted from federal homelessness dollars, effectively counteracting recent progress. cal.news/42CcC6A 📝 @MarisaKendall

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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing more new insurance rules that critics are calling “vindictive,” and which they say will only make it easier for insurers to raise rates. cal.news/4gI4nvF 📝 @levisu

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California homeowners who fireproof their homes would get guaranteed insurance coverage under a ballot measure filed this week by Consumer Watchdog (@ConsumerWD). cal.news/4nFOR5E 📝 @levisu