Author: CalMatters
Schools
CalMatters: How Trump’s Drastic K-12 Plans Will and Won’t Change California Schools
February 20, 2025
From private school vouchers to threats over “woke” curriculum, the Trump administration has launched a slew of reforms intended to...
CommunityPublic Safety
CalMatters: California Regulator Shoots Down State Farm’s Big Homeowner Rate Hike
February 17, 2025
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday rejected State Farm’s request for “emergency” rate increases, setting up what could be...
BusinessCommunity
CalMatters: Fact Check, Did Gavin Newsom Really Help Create 625,000 New Job Opportunities in California?
February 3, 2025
As a gubernatorial candidate in 2018, Gov. Gavin Newsom made a pledge to create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade...
Community
CalMatters: Newsom Committed to California to Making its Own Insulin. It’s at Least a Year Behind Schedule
January 31, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to produce a cheap, generic insulin for the 3.2 million Californians with diabetes is behind...
BusinessCommunity
CalMatters: California Investigating OpenAI’s Conversion to a For-Profit Company
January 28, 2025
As part of what it described as an ongoing investigation, the California attorney general’s office has sought answers from OpenAI...
Public Safety
CalMatters: LA Fires Could Drastically Drive Up Insurance Premiums – And Test California’s New Market Rules
January 15, 2025
The deadly and destructive fires in Los Angeles — which some say could be the costliest in the state’s history...
Community
CalMatters: Five Things to Watch as California’s Legislature Returns to the Capitol in 2025
January 12, 2025
With the election and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returns to Sacramento today to kick off a new...
Community
CalMatters: California Limits Junk Fees and Blocks Fines for Declined ATM Withdrawals
January 11, 2025
Californians who try to withdraw money but don’t have enough in their bank accounts won’t fall deeper into a financial...
CommunitySchools
CalMatters: California Banned Bilingual Education for Almost 20 Years and Still Hasn’t Recovered
December 29, 2024
In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley...
Community
CalMatters: Gambling Companies Spent Big to Defeat Three California Lawmakers
December 20, 2024
California’s card rooms lost a costly legislative fight this year as they sought to kill a bill that would allow...








