Should California keep the current rates that have funded its schools, health care and safety net or hand the wealthiest another tax cut they don’t need?

SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.

Learn how California funds Transitional Kindergarten, including attendance-based funding and support for multilingual TK students.

Learn how California Proposition 37 could affect homeownership affordability, down payment assistance, and housing costs across the state.

Despite persistent inflation and high gas prices, the corporate earnings season underway has so far exceeded historical standards.

Learn what California Proposition 1 would fund, who it would help, how the housing bond would be repaid, and key tradeoffs for voters.

Learn what Prop. 3 would do, who pays California's top income tax rates, and how they support health care, schools, and essential services.

After talk of potential cuts, California’s budget adds 22,770 subsidized child-care spaces. The expansion means Gov. Gavin Newsom will fulfill nearly three-quarters of the slots he promised in 2021.

Hearings and legislative floor sessions scheduled for today

The California budget process moves quickly after the governor releases the “May Revision” in mid-May. This revised budget proposal opens a crucial window for public engagement, but the tight timeline...

Stronger-than-expected revenues do not solve all of the state’s challenges. The 2026–27 budget is Governor Newsom’s last opportunity to fully respond to the harmful federal cuts enacted through H.R. 1...

H.R. 1’s SNAP cuts could reduce CalFresh funding by billions, putting over 3 million California households at risk of losing food assistance.

Both companies acknowledge that they will save billions because of the Trump administration's weakening of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (CAMT). Meta and Qualcomm are just two of the corporati...

SACRAMENTO, CA— Following the release of the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) report, Understanding $100 Billion in Spending Growth: Causes and Fiscal

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The next few days of income tax processing are among the most important of the year

Large profitable corporations have several strategies to avoid paying more than the minimum $800 state tax, costing California billions.

Tax Day is a reminder that California tax revenues fund essential public investments like health care, housing, and child care.

Federal and proposed state “work requirements” could strip food, health care, and housing assistance from millions of Californians.

With more stringent federal work requirements looming, proposed California legislation aims to prevent the state’s SNAP and Medicaid recipients from losing their coverage because of bureaucratic rules...

Equitable revenue and public investment can help California stay affordable and protect communities from federal cuts.

The 2026-27 proposal fails to respond to President Donald Trump’s cuts. Nor does it help families meet needs for housing, food and health care.

Medicaid work requirements forced the California governor into an awkward spot.

Large profitable corporations have several strategies to avoid paying more than the minimum $800 state tax, costing California billions.

We unpack a newly proposed federal housing policy that takes direct aim at mixed status families, threatening housing stability for thousands of Californians.

With earnings season now underway, dozens of huge corporations have disclosed paying single-digit federal income tax rates thanks to tax…

With earnings season now underway, dozens of huge corporations have disclosed paying single-digit federal income tax rates thanks to tax…

The 2026-27 proposal fails to respond to President Donald Trump’s cuts. Nor does it help families meet needs for housing, food and health care.

The 2026-27 proposal fails to respond to President Donald Trump’s cuts. Nor does it help families meet needs for housing, food and health care.

H.R. 1 imposes SNAP time limits and work requirements that threaten food assistance for Californians experiencing homelessness.

A timeline showing how H.R. 1 and California’s 2025–26 budget cut Medi-Cal and CalFresh, threatening health care access and food assistance.

Corporate tax breaks in California largely benefit corporate shareholders, who are disproportionately wealthy and white, widening economic and racial inequality.

A timeline showing how H.R. 1 and California’s 2025–26 budget cut Medi-Cal and CalFresh, threatening health care access and food assistance.