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Experts Expound: Christmas edition
Image by cmannphotoLet’s say you are Santa Claus: who from California politics is getting the biggest box under the tree this year? Conversely, who is getting a fat lump of coal in their stocking?
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How Sacramento can respond to changes in federal food policy
Image by kuarmungadd. OPINION – California produces nearly half the nation’s fruits and vegetables. Yet this holiday season, more than one in five California households face food insecurity. Among households with children, it’s one in four.
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Battle of the press releases: Newsom v. Trump by the numbers
Photo by AP.While both Gov. Gavin Newsom and his political nemesis President Donald Trump heavily use social media and podcasts to speak directly to voters, their communications teams also produce an avalanche of traditional press releases, advisories and briefings for the news media, an average of nearly seven pieces of written material every day of the year through Nov. 15 from the pair, according to a Capitol Weekly analysis.
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Trump’s tariffs are crushing small businesses like mine
Image by wildpixel. OPINON – At Moschetti Coffee Roasting in Vallejo, California, we’ve been roasting and delivering fresh coffee beans to Bay Area restaurants since 1990. That’s 35 years of roasting coffee beans daily, working with a team of 13 people. We’re a small business, but we’re part of a much larger story. Right now, we’re being hit hard by Trump’s misguided tariff policies.
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What Chris Wright gets wrong about California
Image by WangAnQiOPINION – No state has been derided more by President Donald Trump and top officials in his administration than California. Last month Chris Wright, the secretary of the Department of Energy, added to that onslaught.
Experts Expound
Experts Expound: Newsom trolling Trump
Gavin Newsom. Photo by AP. Has Gov. Gavin Newsom’s epic social media trolling of Donald Trump become old? Our panel of experts weigh in.
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Proposition 50: The debate recap
The "California Votes: Proposition 50" debate featuring California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks, and Patricia Sinay, moderated by Rich Ehisen of Capitol Weekly and Juliet Williams of CalMatters, at the UC Student and Policy Center in Sacramento on Oct. 14, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMattersAs California voters gear up for a statewide special election on Nov. 4 over the closely watched Proposition 50, Capitol Weekly, CalMatters and the University of California Student and Policy Center hosted a debate, “California Votes: Proposition 50,” on Tuesday, Oct. 14.
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Inadequate recordkeeping is not just a bureaucratic failure
Image by ne2piOPINION – While we often focus on the threat of being located, detained, and physically disappeared, a different kind of disappearance is becoming increasingly common: being digitally erased and rendered untraceable by the very systems meant to manage immigration.
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Q&A: Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California CEO Jodi Hicks
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California CEO Jodi Hicks. Photo credit to Ellie ApplebyWith drastic federal spending cuts being imposed on Medicaid patients, we sat down with Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California CEO Jodi Hicks to assess the impact of those cuts on her organization and the significant number of California women and men who rely on PPCA for much of their health care.
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Q&A: Health Access Exec. Dir. Amanda McAllister-Wallner
Amanda McAllister-Wallner. Photo courtesy of Health Access California. We sat down recently with Amanda McAllister-Wallner, Executive Director of Health Access California, a consumer advocacy coalition that advocates for more accessible, equitable, affordable, quality health care for all Californians to talk about the impact of impending federal budget cuts. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.