California is undertaking an ambitious effort to improve mental health, while controversy surrounds how to address the fentanyl crisis.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2022 budget included the latest expansion of MediCal: 700,000 undocumented immigrants between the ages of 26 and 49 will become eligible Jan. 1 although the state is now headed into a $68 billion deficit,

As the state shutters prisons, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to turn San Quentin into a model for rehabilitation. Attorney General Rob Bonta is trying to catch up on police shooting investigations.

More than 100 developers backing 240 projects with approximately 20,000 proposed affordable housing units applied to the state's Housing and Community Development Department for more than $3.5 billion, but the state only has $576 million to award. 

The state takes more action on climate change in rules and legislation as drought is replaced by flooding.

California is modernizing how it pays health care providers through Medi-Cal. Some mental health providers say the changes endanger their services.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Hollister Democrat, says that when it became clear that tax revenues would be substantially below estimates, the Legislature should commit to a budget that protects classroom funding.

In his recent debate with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared that the state’s economy is “booming,” but a new report shows that it is actually slowing down.

San Jose was known as the lowrider capital of California until 1986, when the city banned those cars and created “no cruising zones.” The city overturned its ban on lowriders in 2022, and on Sept. 1 of this year San Jose city officials joined car enthusiasts in celebrating the first Annual Lowrider Day.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom returns from his overseas travel, he will find a state whose economy seems to be slowing.

The California Energy Commission voted to begin proceedings for two key initiatives that Gov. Gavin Newsom says could lower prices at the pump.

The governor says unemployment insurance should cover impact of $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger.

Gov. Gavin Newsom had made lowering the cost of prescription drugs a signature health care issue, but over the weekend he rejected a bill that would have provided some relief for diabetics.

Elections-related bills signed into law will allow disabled voters to vote curbside, permit mail-in ballots to be processed like in-person votes and treat double-voting as a misdemeanor, among other changes. 

Housing developments will now be more streamlined with less red tape, density laws can be overruled in the interest of housing, and institutions like colleges or religious organizations can now use portions of their property to build housing.

States across the United States are banning the practice of billing kids for the cost of their foster care. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar effort in California, citing costs to the state.