CALMATTERS

• CA schools contend with trans rights, AI and student data privacy
  March 4, 2026
  California’s K-12 schools are grappling with the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a nationwide artificial intelligence contest and personal data violations. Let’s get into it. Focus on Inland Empire: Each Wednesday, CalMatters Inland Empire reporter […]
• How one Cal State campus is trying to break out of a doom loop of declining enrollment
  March 4, 2026
  Several Cal State campuses are caught in a spiral of declining enrollment, threatening their budgets and programs. One in LA is focused on retention and re-enrolling students who dropped out.
• California’s new governor must hold down clean energy costs, drive innovation
  March 4, 2026
  In polls voters say they want a cleaner energy future — but not if it wrecks jobs, doubles their bills or pushes out California’s middle class.
• ‘Shocking’: What Supreme Court ruling on transgender policy means for California students
  March 4, 2026
  The court blocked California’s policy barring school districts from requiring teachers to “out” transgender students to their parents, unless the students gave permission.
• Republicans blame Carl DeMaio for party division as his group rakes in millions
  March 4, 2026
  Carl DeMaio, a divisive state lawmaker, continues to upset his colleagues as he works to amass influence through his political organization Reform California — one of the state’s biggest conservative fundraising machines.
• New California law will stop sheriffs from medically examining deaths in their own jails
  March 4, 2026
  Many jail deaths are preventable. To reduce bias and coverups, independent doctors will investigate deaths in custody, starting in 2027.
• For California Democrats, single-payer health care is back. Voters have heard it before
  March 4, 2026
  The progressive goal of single-payer health care has become a staple of Democratic platforms, even if it faces as many hurdles as ever.
• California businesses and left-leaning groups clash on the ballot and in court
  March 4, 2026
  This year's contests of businesses versus liberal groups include corporate and wealth tax proposals and requirements for greenhouse gas emission reports.
• A handful of California schools embraced Trump’s AI challenge. Many haven’t heard of it
  March 4, 2026
  California schools that are already running artificial intelligence programs have a head start in the Trump administration's AI challenge, but many campuses just aren't participating.
• Reguladores de seguridad contra incendios de California finalmente publican informe sobre “escalera única”. No les entusiasma la idea.
  March 3, 2026
  Se solicitó a los reguladores de seguridad contra incendios de California que estudiaran si los apartamentos de mediana altura pueden tener una sola escalera. Su informe ve con malos ojos esta idea.