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Rivas wants to know if California laws are working. Lawmakers get to pick which ones
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas wants lawmakers to assess the effectiveness of state laws as his new approach to accountability. But legislators get to pick which laws get the scrutiny and...
Maternity ward closures in California result in much more than strained health care
Nearly 60 hospitals and labor and delivery units across California have closed since 2012; roughly 30% of those were in Los Angeles County.
Floods exposed weaknesses in California prisons’ emergency plans. They still aren’t ready
The report detailed deep fractures in the department’s emergency preparedness, including issues of transportation, varied risk assessment methodologies, lacking mutual aid agreements, timely evacuations, and prison overcrowding.
Get your health care through Covered California? Beware of this tax peril
The people who receive excess aid are not wealthy. About half of the households who owed the IRS for excess premium subsidies in tax year 2021 earned less than $50,000,...
A new California rule tries to hold down your health care costs. Here’s how it works
California now is one of nine states with regulations limiting health care cost increases. Consumers won’t necessarily notice the changes, but supporters say they will make a difference over time.
Gov. Newsom says baseball saved him. But the legend of his career doesn’t always match the reality
Public biographies of Gov. Gavin Newsom have long touted his baseball career, including that he played at Santa Clara University. But he was never on the roster, among other misperceptions...
If California government wants to use AI, it will have to follow these new rules
State agencies must follow a new set of rules when signing contracts that deal with generative AI, but don’t address harmful forms of AI used in the past.
California sues homeless housing developer for $114 million
The state Department of Housing and Community Development has filed a civil lawsuit demanding that Shangri-La Industries LLC return funds it received from the Homekey program to house homeless Californians.
How California lawmakers greenlit ‘any flavor of affordable housing you could possibly want’
A patchwork of bills are giving housing developers and local governments more options to reduce red tape for housing projects.
Gavin Newsom’s mental health plan is going to voters. Here’s what you need to know
The two-pronged proposition on the March primary election ballot includes a nearly $6.4 billion bond to build 10,000 psychiatric treatment units.