CalMatters

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‘Borders on the absurd.’ California fights Trump lawsuit to set aside 20,000 ballots https://t.co/xEqnrZR90t

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Opinion | Whatever accomplishments Gavin Newsom might claim from his eight years as governor, he will also leave a legacy of mismanagement that has squandered untold billions of taxpayers’ dollars. https://t.co/TA2c7ONdRy

📝 Dan Walters
📸 Keith Birmingham

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The Trump administration charged 28 immigrants with allegedly illegally voting or registering to vote in California in its latest push to hunt down voter fraud. Such cases are exceedingly rare and not proof elections are fraudulent. https://t.co/1WaSklDtzO

📸 Jae C. Hong, AP

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Opinion | Whatever accomplishments Gavin Newsom might claim from his eight years as governor, he will also leave a legacy of mismanagement that has squandered untold billions of taxpayers’ dollars. https://t.co/TA2c7ONdRy

📝 Dan Walters
📸 Keith Birmingham

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Opinion | The Trump administration’s attack on California’s ongoing elections is merely one episode in a long and dismal series of efforts to undermine confidence in the integrity of the American democratic system. https://t.co/Nt3g5pA7sw

📝 Robert Greene
📸 Pablo Unzueta

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The science research institute that would likely receive $4.2B in public taxpayer money if voters approve Prop 38 this November had only three employees as of last month — far fewer than the 51 staffers it planned to have hired https://t.co/UizzN8dVuf

📸 Brian van der Brug

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Whether cookie-cutter liberal politics or fiscal conservatism will be enough to energize the base and pick up independents in the purple, albeit Democratic-leaning district, is the real question. https://t.co/GJLuUzsDRP

📸 Adriana Heldiz

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A clever solution or a confusing gimmick? Like it or hate it, almost everyone has questions about Proposition 37. Here are a few of the big ones — with the best available answers. https://t.co/Q76mSflwfa

📸 Martin do Nascimento

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California state government's largest union is scheduled to strike this week. It could affect services at a number of offices that people visit every day, including the DMV. https://t.co/vprrnslBXA

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Voters in these nine legislative districts are weighing in on particularly competitive races, made even more competitive by the flood of outside money pouring in to sway public opinion. https://t.co/KV3N4V3AYq

📸 Fred Greaves

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The report described a “history of concern” about the department’s oversight of Medi‑Cal providers and classified it as “high-risk” for fraud, waste and abuse. https://t.co/L4oawoX1Qk

📸 Pablo Unzueta

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Watch: CalMatters and Evident team up to investigate what happens to truck drivers in California after they kill someone on the road. https://t.co/WAsvaUqZ92

📸 Anna Hoch-Kenney
🎨 Josephine Choy

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The Trump administration charged 28 immigrants with allegedly illegally voting or registering to vote in California in its latest push to hunt down voter fraud. Such cases are exceedingly rare and not proof elections are fraudulent. https://t.co/1WaSklDtzO

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Judges aren’t exactly household names, although one on your ballot shares a name with a certain multiplatinum-selling musician. They generally don’t campaign, either. https://t.co/gBEAkOogob

📸 Damian Dovarganes, AP

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A CalMatters investigation finds that nearly half of commercial drivers had a valid license after being charged with vehicular manslaughter. https://t.co/eT19PgJ6gM

📸 Anna Hoch-Kenney

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Opinion | My experience as a CARE Court judge showed me how powerful a courtroom can be when it has the right tools and the right people. I have seen real change in people. https://t.co/ebYNFY2N59

📝 Charles F. Adams
📸 Florence Middleton

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More than a dozen current and formerly incarcerated women spoke to KQED about a pattern of sexual abuse and retaliation that persists at the largest women’s prison in California. https://t.co/V59Ih9PaUu

📸 Beth LaBerge

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A CalMatters investigation found that the DMV often lets professional drivers with a history of dangerous behavior behind the wheel stay on the road and command massive vehicles — even after a fatal crash. https://t.co/0RK2SmgUhh

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Gavin Newsom is preparing to leave office as one of the Democrats’ most prolific communicators. He’s transformed the governor’s press shop into a content-generating media operation. https://t.co/HNm23In0Hm

📸 Ted Soqui

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Supporters say California desperately needs money to fund housing construction and make a dent in its homelessness and affordability crisis. Critics say bond financing isn’t the way to do it. https://t.co/One2LtU61m

📸 Damian Dovarganes, AP