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Caretaker Lexi Marsh (left) helps Elizabette Guéçamburu eat her lunch in the kitchen of her home outside Patterson on Oct. 16, 2026. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters

Some low-income seniors and people with disabilities are being forced to draw down their savings to retain their healthcare coverage


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Julia Feinberg feels like she’s living in a sinister version of Groundhog Day. For the second year in a row California lawmakers have made it tougher for seniors and people with disabilities to qualify for state-funded health benefits.

Feinberg, 37, who has a degenerative neuromuscular disorder, said without Medi-Cal she would be confined to a nursing home rather ...


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The passage of Proposition 13 in 1978 was arguably the most significant political event in California during the last half of the 20th century.

While its primary purpose was limiting property tax increases, it also made...


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Despite seven new statewide laws regulating data centers, at least 26 resolutions, moratoriums, or bans on data centers have been passed or proposed in California since June.

Although California lawmakers recently passed a suite of laws intended to bring transparency to the devel...


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The largest union in California state government held a one-day strike, drawing thousands of workers off the job. It’s pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom for raises and more flexibility to work from home.

Garbed in purple and holding signs that read “Fair contracts now!” and “Here to ser...


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