Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday to allow mid-rise and high-rise housing near major transit stops, overriding local zoning rules in a move supporters say will boost housing production but
This week I, along with millions of other Californians, received a one-page ballot for the Nov. 4 special election.
My initial reaction as I opened the envelope was anger, perhaps
It’s that time.
This week, county election officials are mailing ballots to registered voters across California in preparation for the special election next month. This is, of course, just
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There’s no question that the proponents of Proposition 50 have a partisan goal.
By seeking to adopt a map to put more Democrats in power in areas currently represented
One of Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s marquee mental health programs may broaden its reach despite persistent questions about the number of people it’s helping and whether it’s achieving
California's families and small businesses can't afford another drugmaker backroom deal.
By Faith Bautista Tamashiro
Last week, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 41 (SB)—a
In 2018 I walked into my doctor’s office, newly pregnant and excited to hear my baby’s heartbeat for the first time. I left feeling ashamed of my body.
Thankfully, last week’s explosion and fire at California’s second largest refinery, Chevron’s El Segundo plant, was not an environmental catastrophe. But it could have serious economic and
Twenty-nine cities and counties filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration's attempt to tie more than $350 million in critical emergency and disaster preparedness funding to
In 2022, the Los Angeles electorate voted to slap the sale of mansions and other high-value real estate deals across the city with a hefty tax.
Locals have been debating
The latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news for the California agencies tasked with fighting homelessness looms: President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to deeply cut
Whether by design or by quiet submission to a rapidly-evolving digital landscape, the world’s largest social media companies have allowed their platforms to become factories of division, dehumanization and,
