City leaders, county officials, housing providers and homelessness advocates are urging state leaders to restore the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention grant program to its historic funding ...

California victim support services face funding cuts, with VOCA funds declining 78% from 2018 to 2024. State backfill helps, ...

"It's simply an irresponsible position to be putting ourselves in," one senator said of potential future deficits.

The proposal calls for expanding prescription drug coverage to treat perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause symptoms. It ...

Three major factors contribute to the state's recurring crises. Some are easier to solve than others.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a nearly 9% increase in total state spending for the upcoming fiscal year – that’s a $350 ...

California's budgets have been susceptible to the ways wealthy taxpayers derive their income, particularly during periods of ...

An additional $7 billion in debt has been proposed statewide, according to the report. Local governments in California, ...

The idea that billionaires will flee California over a proposed wealth tax is bunk. Still, the ballot initiative is only a Band-Aid, and impedes a more serious conversation about the state's deeper ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget lacks funding for additional subsidized child-care slots, stalling progress on getting ...

California's budget fight has turned into a blame game over billionaires, with state leaders arguing that the fortunes of a tiny elite have made public finances dangerously volatile. Critics counter ...

The state will need to reform its antiquated tax code, warily approach bond measures that tie the hands of policymakers, and ...