Immigration fills many service-based jobs in resort towns in Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes. Rural hospitals need federal funding to stay open. That's one reason why Democrats at the state and national level are eyeing the Sierra Nevada for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.

With the passage of a state budget-related housing bill, the California Environmental Quality Act will be a non-issue for a decisive swath of urban residential development in California. In practice, that means most new apartment buildings will no longer face the open threat of environmental litigation.

Saturday’s mass “No Kings” protests are a wrap, but the points of tension animating California's reenergized resistance to the Trump administration are very much unresolved.

California Democrats finally stopped outsourcing their policy judgment to their favorite lobbies. California just demolished a major obstacle to housing construction within its borders — and provided Democrats with a blueprint for better governance nationwide.

California's legislative leaders are working on their promises to address affordability, but voters are growing more concerned about their financial future.

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom thought he could push an ambitious housing proposal through California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature. Instead, he ran into a wall of resistance from should-be allies angrily comparing his plans to Jim Crow, slavery and immigration raids.

The lawsuit alleges the funding cut was politically motivated and not a result of problems with the High Speed Rail Authority.

The South Carolina Democratic Party invited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-California) to SC as part of state tour, rural voter engagement strategy

But first, this week's lead story is on California's latest effort to reform its development-killing environmental review ... we appreciate that they stood up to political pressure calling for rent freezes that would accelerate the financial and physical ...

California lawmakers going big on pro-development bills — not so much on renter protection By Ben Christopher | CalMatters Published Jun 11, 2025 11:00 AM