CALMATTERS

• Billionaires behind new Bay Area city hire CA power brokers
  June 25, 2026
  If at first you don’t succeed in your plan to build a new city from scratch, try again with a pair of the state Capitol’s best known dealmakers of this century. That’s essentially the new […]
• Tech billionaires hire Democratic dealmakers in renewed push to build a Bay Area city
  June 25, 2026
  Following years of local resistance, tech billionaires are turning to the state to fast track their plan to build a new city in the Bay Area. They are lobbying for legislation to expedite environmental review […]
• LA’s political coalitions have been shifting. Nithya Raman will shuffle them even more
  June 25, 2026
  As Karen Bass and Nithya Raman look to attract new supporters, a fault line between older and newer Angelenos could emerge.
• Academic turf war between California colleges underscores need for new higher education plan
  June 25, 2026
  The increased competition between California's universities and community colleges shows why the state needs to update its 56-year-old higher education plan.
• What is the California Legislature doing about homelessness this year? These are the bills to watch
  June 25, 2026
  Bills moving through the Legislature this year address state-funded sober housing, RVs parked on city streets and homelessness prevention.
• A $28 minimum wage for California construction workers is dead — killed by construction workers
  June 24, 2026
  A plan to set a $28 minimum wage for certain California homebuilders died when the influential trades union protested that it could undermine prevailing wage pay rates.
• California tendió una mano a algunos de sus parques de casas móviles más antiguos. ¿Qué pasó después?
  June 24, 2026
  En 2023, el programa de Oportunidades y Revitalización de Viviendas Prefabricadas cambió de nombre, reorientó su enfoque y destinó millones de dólares adicionales para revitalizar la fuente de vivienda asequible más ignorada de California. Tres […]