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Californians: Here’s why your housing costs are so high in 2024
Oct 15, 2024 · California is an expensive place to call home. It’s such a fundamental part of California life it almost feels silly to say. Along with good weather, sunny beaches, Hollywood and the Golden Gate Bridge, the skyhigh cost of housing has become part of …
2024 Election: California Voter Guide - CalMatters
Your CalMatters 2024 Voter Guide is a team effort, made possible by the following: Reporters: Ben Christopher, Nigel Duara, Wendy Fry, Kristen Hwang, Carolyn Jones, Sameea Kamal, Marisa Kendall, Alexei Koseff, Jeanne Kuang, Alejandro Lazo, …
Fire Map: Track California Wildfires 2024 - CalMatters
Map of active wildfires burning across California. Explore wildfire history and when fire season starts in California.
Here’s your guide to voting in the 2024 California election
Feb 6, 2024 · The California Senate swore in a new leader Monday — Mike McGuire, who succeeds Toni Atkins of San Diego as president pro tem.. As CalMatters Capitol reporter Alexei Koseff explains, the Healdsburg Democrat will help direct budget and policy decisions that will likely impact millions of Californians. Along with Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas of Hollister, …
What you need to know about California propositions - CalMatters
Oct 7, 2024 · To help you decide on the propositions, here are the recommendations from the state Republican Party and the California Democratic Party.. So far, public polls suggest the high-profile crime measure will pass overwhelmingly, but measures to raise the minimum wage, allow cities to impose rent control and to make it easier for local governments to borrow could be …
2024 California ballot measures: What you need to know
Jul 4, 2024 · Assemblymember Evan Low speaks with fellow lawmaker Phillip Chen at the Capitol on March 27, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters. By Ben Christopher. By 2014, California voters were sick of ballots larded up with too many measures, many of them highly technical, specific to one industry or difficult to understand. So state lawmakers changed the …
2024 California Ballot Propositions - CalMatters
Propositions Jump to section. Prop 2 School bond; Prop 3 Same-sex marriage; Prop 4 Climate bond; Prop 5 Voting threshold; Prop 6 Involuntary servitude; Prop 32 Minimum wage; Prop 33 Local rent control; Prop 34 Patient spending; Prop 35 Health care tax; Prop 36 Criminal penalties; Watch 1-minute videos; California voters decided on only one proposition on the March …
Daylight saving time: Why CA starts again Sunday- CalMatters
May 23, 2024 · Arguing that standard time makes “the most sense,” Niello says his bill has the backing of the California Medical Association. A large portion of the medical and sleep expert communities also agree that standard time coincides better with people’s natural clocks.. In its analysis of Prop. 7, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said continuing to switch …
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