State Government'I Don’t Want To See Any More Of Them Die': No Legislator Has Confronted The Effects Of Wildfire Like This Forensic DentistNovember 23, 2018Jim Wood is a forensic odontologist — a dentist with special training to identify dead bodies. He’s also a Democratic assemblyman. Those dual responsibilities have given him a unique job in dealing with California's devastating wildfires.
Vote By Mail? Better Double-Check That Your Ballot Wasn’t RejectedNovember 13, 2018Millions of Californians dropped off their ballots on Tuesday or mailed them in, but they might want to double-check online — because either a missing or a mismatched signature could void their vote.
Voters Give Another Multi-Billion-Dollar Thumbs Up To School BondsNovember 13, 2018Election results may still be in flux throughout California, but on school spending, one trend is clear: Once again, voters appear to have given a hearty thumbs up to borrowing for local school improvements.
Why Is California’s Rent Control Initiative Tanking So Badly?November 4, 2018Proposition 10, a California initiative to allow more rent control, appears to be failing overwhelmingly, and its sponsors are already talking about trying again in 2020.
Data Exclusive: With California School Bonds, The Rich Get Richer And The Poor, Not So MuchNovember 2, 2018Schools in California’s wealthier communities have been reaping far more local bond money than poorer districts over the past two decades, a CALmatters analysis has found.
State GovernmentCalifornia Politics Are Hella NorCal. Will Voters Shake That Up This Year?October 27, 2018A striking number of statewide races this year pit a NorCal candidate against SoCal candidate. But the north is likely to continue to dominate for reasons that largely boil down to this: People in the Bay Area just vote a lot more than those in LA.
State GovernmentWhat’s Behind All Those DMV Voter-Registration Snafus? ‘Motor Voter’ May Have Launched With Makeshift Computer SystemOctober 17, 2018The DMV launched California’s new “motor voter” system in April without the proper computer program in place, advocates say, likely contributing to recent snafus and errors on more than 100,000 voter registrations.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezCapitol Chat: Governor Brown and #MeToo LawsOctober 5, 2018CALmatters politics reporter Laurel Rosenhall examined how Gov. Brown approached the many #MeToo-inspired bills on his desk this legislative session. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California's Test Scores Are So Stagnant, It Could Take A Generation To Close The Achievement GapOctober 3, 2018California public school test scores are improving, but so slowly that it could take a generation to put a dent in the achievement gap.
As Experts Predict A Second 'Year Of The Woman,' Female Candidates In California Set RecordSeptember 29, 2018Post-Trump, nearly one-third of the top two vote-receiving candidates across all statewide, federal, and legislative races in California are women—a higher percentage than any other election this century.
