CALMATTERS

• Estas escuelas para camioneros de California infringieron las leyes estatales. Los reguladores no pudieron hacer nada
  February 5, 2026
  Un vacío legal en la ley estatal permite que las escuelas de camioneros operen con poca supervisión estatal, lo que genera preocupaciones sobre la calidad de la capacitación de los conductores de carga en California.
• Presidenta de la Corte Suprema de California intensifica monitoreo de arrestos por inmigración en los juzgados
  February 5, 2026
  La presidenta de la Corte Suprema de California quiere disuadir a los agentes de inmigración de realizar arrestos en los juzgados, una práctica que, según ella, infunde miedo en los testigos y litigantes.
• CA community colleges have a credits problem
  February 5, 2026
  For nearly a decade, California community colleges have gradually increased the number of ways students can receive college credit for their prior work experience. But the state is facing challenges in its goal to expand […]
• California wants colleges to count work experience for credit. How’s it going?
  February 5, 2026
  California’s community colleges are now giving college credit for students’ previous work experiences. The state has a goal of rapidly expanding access to these credits, though tracking progress on that goal has been difficult so […]
• Los Angeles voters are moving ever leftward, shifting election politics in America’s second-largest city
  February 5, 2026
  Among the signs: LA’s Democratic Socialists are flexing new muscle, police limits and mansion taxes are popular, and ICE raids are galvanizing voters.
• California’s once soaring population has hit a plateau. So will its national political clout
  February 5, 2026
  Stagnant foreign migration, fewer births and people moving to other states mean California loses congressional seats and electoral votes.
• Listen: What happens when Californians with mental illness refuse to be treated?
  February 5, 2026
  One of Gov. Newsom's signature mental health programs was meant to bring treatment to people who refused it. So far, it's helping fewer Californians than many hoped.
• Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president
  February 4, 2026
  Leaders from the AFL-CIO, representing 2.3 million nationwide members, say Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to focus on the technology’s harms to win support for her presidential run.
• California LGBTQ community still worried for transgender youth
  February 4, 2026
  California is suing a San Diego hospital after it said it would limit gender-affirming care for young patients. But some parents of transgender children and LGBTQ advocates say the state still isn’t doing enough to […]
• Parents of trans kids ask: Does California really protect our rights?
  February 4, 2026
  The Unruh Civil Rights Act provides the fundamental protection for equal access to health care regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, experts say. The state has not acted to uphold those protections, transgender rights […]