The California Supreme Court recently issued a ruling to help identify how much poor Californians must pay in fees and fines ...

California's poverty rate is once again the highest in the country, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows. What's more, that rate recently saw its first increase in more than a decade. And ...

California is staggeringly wealthy; home to major agricultural businesses and influential global tech companies, it boasts an economy larger than many nations. But the state also struggles with a ...

California tied with Louisiana for the highest poverty rate in 2024, according to a new analysis, as rumors of a Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom 2028 run for the White House loom large. “California’s ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Last year’s presidential election underscored, particularly to Democrats, that the costs of living were a major factor ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom often boasts that California, if it were a country, would have the world’s fourth-largest economy. But despite its wealth, the state has also seen a sharp increase in poverty since ...

Gavin Newsom is pursuing what appears to be an image-building prelude to a 2028 presidential campaign and much of that effort involves appearances on widely popular podcasts. Those podcasts, such as ...

The child poverty rate in California nearly tripled from 2021 to 2024 -- 7.5% to 18.6% -- and is now the fourth highest in the country, according to new KIDS COUNT data from the Annie E. Casey ...

An Orange County entrepreneur and investor known for his crusade to end poverty in California has agreed to plead guilty to carrying out a $248 million dollar scheme to defraud investors and lenders ...

Last year’s presidential election underscored, particularly to Democrats, that the costs of living were a major factor in the outcome. Inflation had increased sharply during Joe Biden’s presidency, ...