This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Fliers supporting Prop. 50 at the Kern County Democratic Party booth during the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield on Sept. 26, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local The fundraising battle over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50 isn’t close, but the race is. […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California, listen up: Former President Barack Obama wants you to know that the whole nation is counting on you this November. “Democracy is on the ballot,” the 44th president says straight to camera in the latest advertisement from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign for […] The post Supporters are way ahead in fundraising for Newsom’s Prop. 50, but the race remains close appeared first on Mountain View Vo...| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Kimberly Galindo Kimberly Galindo is a nurse at Riverside Community Hospital Armed men with dark, bulletproof vests entered my hospital unit just before dawn on June 19 and began loudly insisting I take them to a patient’s room. The […] The post When ICE comes to a California hospital, nurses and doctors must protect their patients appeared first on Mountain View Voice.| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. George Floyd, a Black man who had been detained by Minneapolis police after a store clerk alleged he had used a counterfeit $20 bill, died as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, ignoring Floyd’s complaints that he […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Over the years, casino-owning tribes have spent millions in court, in the Legislature and at the ballot box trying unsuccessfully to force their only competitors out of California’s casino business. A judge today blocked their latest effort. Last year, tribes persuaded the California […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. 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 by Republicans, they are asking voters to temporarily bypass the state’s independent, nonpartisan redistricting […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The horrific string of wildfires that has plagued California in recent years, taking dozens of lives and destroying many billions of dollars in property, also created a crisis in property insurance. Some insurers have abandoned California altogether, some have refused to take more […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In a few weeks, over 100 colleges and universities across California will lose access to essential funding for tutoring, academic counseling and other support services aimed at helping Black, Latino, Asian and Native American students succeed in college. The change comes after the […]| Mountain View Voice
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Several candidates for the board of California’s largest public pension fund are complaining that the fund put its thumb on the scale of this month’s election by sending a message to all members before voting concludes. The message promoted the California Public Employees’ […]| Mountain View Voice
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the Election Rigging Response Act at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Aug. 21, 2025. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters California will hold a special election on Nov. 4 after the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom […]| Redwood City Pulse
California is facing a housing crisis due to local regulations that undermine state efforts to increase housing supply, such as inclusionary zoning and development impact fees, which act as a hidden tax on housing construction and slow production.| Davis Vanguard
Thousands of Angelenos are stuck with costly, exhausting commutes due to decades of housing policies that have prevented working people from living near jobs and transit systems, and a bill in the state legislature, SB 79, offers a commonsense fix by requiring cities to allow more housing near transit.| Davis Vanguard
California lawmakers are rushing to repair changes made to the lemon law to satisfy car companies, while consumer groups have expressed concern about the confusing two-tier lemon law with fewer consumer protections.| The Sacramento Observer
