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calmatters. org > newsletter > california-conservatorship-fiduciaries

CA created an agency to stop conservatorship abuses. It has 1 employee

1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (828+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. Last month, Cal Matters exposed how a fiduciary in Ventura County directed $2. 7 million from her elderly clients to her husband's health care company. A judge has…...

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calmatters. org > commentary > 2026 > 04 > budget-reserves-california-boom-bust

Opinion | California should halt its boom-and-bust budgeting and boost reserves instead

2+ hour, 18+ min ago  (706+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. Pete Weber is a New California Coalition board member and cofounder of its Hartland chapter. Chris Thornberg a New California Coalition board member and a founding…...

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calmatters. org > justice > 2025 > 09 > trump-national-guard-posse-comitatus

Trump broke the law by sending National Guard to L. A. , federal judge rules

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (566+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. A 19th Century law called the Posse Comitatus Act defines what the military can do on U. S. soil. President Trump broke that law by sending the National Guard…...

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calmatters. org > justice > 2026 > 04 > ice-protests-clovis-charges

Police bring charges against Fresno man who helped students protest ICE, but DA drops case

18+ hour, 50+ min ago  (369+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. A central California police department this week filed criminal charges against a man who helped escort student protesters during a protest against the Trump administration's immigration…...

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calmatters. org > environment > 2026 > 04 > newsom-aviation-fuel-credit-refinery

A jet fuel subsidy could tap funds meant for California roads

20+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1719+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. Gov. Gavin Newsom is advancing a plan that could funnel hundreds of millions in road dollars to a struggling oil refinery " pitching it as a cleaner…...

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calmatters. org > newsletter > elderly-prisoners-parole-debate

CA lawmakers consider making parole harder for some prisoners

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (617+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. In a rare showing of bipartisanship, Republicans in the Assembly's public safety committee are backing a tough-on-crime bill authored by a Democrat. Criminal justice groups, including…...

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calmatters. org > commentary > 2026 > 04 > governor-candidates-gen-z-california

Opinion | Candidates for CA governor are playing it safe. Gen Z voters can't afford that.

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (924+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. Andrea Escobar is pursuing a masters in public policy at UCLA and is a senior fellow at Unseen. Joselen Contreras is an an undergraduate public health…...

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calmatters. org > commentary > 2026 > 04 > business-regulation-bills-california-sacramento

Opinion | Battles over business regulation resume in California's Capitol

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (642+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. A nearly two-hour hearing in the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday encapsulated the Capitol's longest-running conflict " going at least a half-century and still counting. It pits the…...

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calmatters. org > commentary > 2026 > 04 > palisades-fire-insurance-commissioner-race

Opinion | He lost his home in the Palisades fire. Now he's running to "fix the broken system'

22+ hour, 10+ min ago  (428+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. Merritt Farren, a Republican, is running for Insurance Commissioner. He is an attorney, an advocate and a former executive at Amazon and Disney. More than a…...

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calmatters. org > inside-the-newsroom > 2026 > 04 > national-emmy-2026

Cal Matters, Evident Media and Bellingcat documentary nominated for Emmy award

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (401+ words) Join us at the Cal Matters Ideas Festival on May 21. " Get your tickets now. The documentary, "Operation Return to Sender," investigated the immigration forces carrying out the first raids of the mass deportation campaign. Cal Matters, Evident Media and Bellingcat's…...