A state budget is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature, but it won’t take effect unless the Legislature makes changes to housing and infrastructure development rules that he has demanded.

As the state’s fiscal year budget deadline looms, legislators are considering a lower minimum wage increase for construction ...

The budget includes a historic, 8.22% cost-of-living adjustment for California’s public schools. The total Proposition 98 funding for the 2023-24 fiscal year will be $108.3 billion.

The governor’s insistence led to a week of confusion as lawmakers rushed to work out a compromise with powerful unions and ...

The budget includes a historic, 8.22% cost-of-living adjustment for California’s public schools. The total Proposition 98 funding for the 2023-24 fiscal year will be $108.3 billion.

A ‘poison pill’ in California’s budget deal ties state spending to construction by CalMatters June 27, 2025 2:39 pm June 27, 2025 2:42 pm Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ...

After days of confusion in which a deal with Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to unravel over his demand to include new housing and infrastructure regulations, the California Legislature passed an ‘Poison ...