CALMATTERS

• California sues websites that publish blueprints for 3D printer ghost guns
  February 7, 2026
  California law enforcement agencies seize about 11,000 ghost guns every year. The state now is suing websites that help people manufacture untraceable firearms.
• California union pushes work-from-home bill as Newsom calls state employees back to the office
  February 6, 2026
  The legislative proposal by the California union known as PECG would require state agencies to offer telework options “to the fullest extent possible” and mandate they disclose how much money they save by allowing remote […]
• Pollution tracking tool’s effectiveness under scrutiny
  February 6, 2026
  A tool used by state agencies to help guide policy and billions of dollars in environmental funding is getting updated for the fifth time — but critics say that it still falls short of its […]
• Cal State reneged on pay increases for skilled trade workers but gave its executives raises
  February 6, 2026
  CSU agreed to a contract with “step” increases for workers, who helped it get state funding. Instead CSU will give them a one-time bonus.
• California spends billions based on this pollution tracker. Who benefits from its latest update?
  February 6, 2026
  California is updating CalEnviroScreen, the influential pollution tracker that helps determine which communities get environmental grants. Advocates say the state should improve the tool and use it more frequently to cut pollution.
• California can’t shed a history of persistent government corruption
  February 6, 2026
  Prosecutions, referenda, recalls and regulatory agencies have, over the years, curbed some of California's government corruption, but not all of it.
• 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 […]
• 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.