Las familias de California se están quedando sin tiempo para usar el beneficio de $120 por niño en alimentosEl programa federal envía el dinero a familias de bajos ingresos cuyos hijos son elegibles para almuerzos escolares gratuitos o a precio reducido, o que reciben MediCal. Los beneficios expiran progresivamente este otoño.CalMatters16h agoWhole story →FoodEconomyfood benefit expiration
What’s with all the taxes on the California ballot?With the election less than a month away, California county elections officials are beginning to send out mail ballots today. Five of the 14 statewide ballot measures are related to taxes, and if that sounds like a lot, you’re not imagining things: It’s the most tax measures voters have been presented with during a general […]CalMatters21h agoWhole story →Economycalifornia ballot measures
Will Democrats’ midterm wave reach California’s Central Valley? Bernie Sanders rallies the voteMany Democrats are hopeful that Randy Villegas, their congressional candidate in the traditionally conservative Central Valley, can prove that progressive ideas, like universal healthcare, are palatable outside of safe blue cities.CalMatters22h agoWhole story →HealthGovernmentcalifornia midterm elections
Democrats want to change the rules for recall elections. Voters get their say with Prop. 5Following the failed 2021 recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats had the political will and momentum to call for changes to the recall process. What emerged was Proposition 5 on the November ballot, a measure to change the recall process.CalMatters22h agoWhole story →Governmentcalifornia prop 5 vote
Tech billionaires are spending millions to reshape California’s LegislatureTech billionaires funding PACs have enjoyed recent growth in personal and corporate wealth and are spending it to handpick the California Legislature.CalMatters22h agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernmentcalifornia legislature elections
5 tax measures are on the California ballot. Here’s how to make sense of them allCalifornia voters haven’t had to make so many decisions about tax policy at the ballot since 1994. Our analysis shows voters tend to reject new taxes.CalMatters22h agoWhole story →Economycalifornia ballot measures
California banned pay toilets to address inequality. Some would revive it on the same groundsCalifornia was the first state to ban pay toilets. A pitched return of the policy in San Diego shows how privatization is the best government can think to do today.CalMatters22h agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmentpay toilet policy debate
California families are running out of time to use $120 per kid benefit on groceriesThe federal program sends the money to low-income families whose children are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches or who receive MediCal. The benefits are expiring on a rolling basis this fall.CalMatters22h agoWhole story →EconomyFoodbenefit expiration deadline
