Newsom said the new law was just the first in a “mosaic” of legislation to address the “legitimate anxiety” that voters have about the safety and security of California’s elections.
Californians accused of crimes can receive mental health treatment rather than prison time under a 2018 law. Lawmakers are revamping the rules following reports of violent offenses.
A massive hack of education platform Canvas hit California especially hard. What happens next?
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed to only consider students “at risk of becoming a long-term English learner” if they’ve been enrolled for six years. Educators and advocates say that’s too late to catch kids whose English proficiency is lagging.
California's mobile crisis teams have surged in popularity as an alternative to police response, but a proposed state budget change could force counties to foot a $150–200M annual bill. Counties spent years building these crisis teams. A quiet budget move could undo progress.
Records reveal that the unprecedented taking of 650,000 ballots was based on the thinnest of evidence, raising alarms over how the November election could be disrupted.
Districts are trying to develop more systematic approaches to introducing AI into the classroom.
Heat waves have killed hundreds of Californians and cost billions of dollars in the past decade, according to a new report from the state insurance department.
These county education offices, all starting with the letter “S,” mistakenly got or were missing millions in state funding.
Critical infrastructure that holds up California’s foster care system is quietly collapsing, leaving children at risk. A well-meaning reform for sexual abuse survivors in the foster care system is contributing to the crisis
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