CALMATTERS

• California lawmaker rolls back new public records barriers after fierce opposition
  June 30, 2026
  Southern California Democratic lawmaker Blanca Pacheco’s bill would have added high fees to records requests submitted for a “commercial purpose” and allowed counties more avenues to deny records and take people to court.
• California compartirá datos de licencias de conducir a pesar de los temores de que pueda exponer a inmigrantes indocumentados
  June 30, 2026
  El nuevo presupuesto estatal que firmó el gobernador Gavin Newsom incluye 55 millones de dólares para que el Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados (DMV) construya un sistema de intercambio de datos indispensable para que el estado […]
• Transgender athletes still protected in California, Supreme Court rules
  June 30, 2026
  The ruling allows states to ban transgender student athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams, but doesn’t require it. States like California can keep their current policies.
• Recorte presupuestario “catastrófico” toma por sorpresa a las bibliotecas escolares de California
  June 30, 2026
  El presupuesto estatal recortó 5.5 millones de dólares destinados a las bibliotecas escolares. Ese dinero se utiliza para pagar las tarifas en línea de los materiales de investigación para estudiantes.
• San Diego was the tuna capital of the world. Can the fleet recover?
  June 30, 2026
  In 2020, Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Sea Grant launched a fishing apprenticeship, aimed at shoring up the ranks of San Diego’s declining commercial fishing fleet. Instead, the program revealed just how tenuous the industry has […]
• Many California fishermen are nearing retirement. Can the industry save its graying fleet?
  June 30, 2026
  California’s fishing fleet is graying and shrinking. An apprenticeship aimed at reviving it showed the obstacles to sustaining locally caught fish.
• California to share driver license data despite fears it could expose unauthorized immigrants
  June 30, 2026
  The new state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed includes $55 million for the DMV to build a data-sharing system, a program meant to bring the state in compliance with the federal REAL ID law.