How did we get here? Where do we go from here? Spend one minute to catch up on everything you need to know about California’s ...

Gavin Newsom has signed two laws to fast-track low-income housing in California, a state that makes up almost a third of America’s homeless population. One of the signed laws will allow California ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised budget proposal for 2023-24 during a press briefing at the state Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento on May 12, 2023. Courtesy Rahul Lal/CalMatters. This time ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill that allows the state to keep 100% of taxes on premiums generated by surplus lines insurers domiciled in California. That move largely follows ...

The Surplus Line Association of California acts as the statutory surplus line advisory organization to the California Department of Insurance and facilitates the state's capacity to monitor and direct ...

California is the first state to implement free school lunch, at a cost of $54 million next school year, made possible by the state's budget surplus.

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This time last year, there was excitement and possibility over how to spend a record $97.5 billion budget surplus, a shocking figure coming at the end of a bruising COVID-19 pandemic. But this year, ...