A poll shows most voters support for Prop. 36, a sign Gavin Newsom's governorship is approaching lame duck status.

California adopted the nation's most aggressive cap on health care cost increases. Patients are struggling with high premiums ...

Failed legislative bills have attempted to create safe parking programs for students to sleep in their cars on California ...

California lawmakers acknowledge secret negotiations with lobbyists for bill changes and unwritten rule about no public ...

CalPERS had a good year on the stock market, and the California pension fund’s chief executive will receive a much bigger ...

Supporters say election concerns helped kill a bill to give teachers in California public schools more leeway in calling cops.

“CalMatters is terrific – I always want to be an educated voter and don’t trust the TV ads and countless pieces of mail I get regarding various issues on the ballot. I enjoy your no-nonsense style,” ...

California's maternal death rate has been climbing. A new public health campaign aims to share information about risks that ...

A judge slaps the state with an injunction, saying it overstepped its authority: “There has been no…analysis or ability to ...

State officials can't tell what reduces homelessness due to program secrecy and a lack of cooperation between city and county governments.

Thousands of California voters who are in jail are eligible to cast ballots in the 2024 election, but they face many barriers ...

If more people end up in California prisons under Proposition 36, it could slash funding for rehabilitation programs and ...