What you need to know: Governor Newsom signed an executive order to expedite the state’s response to mitigate the impacts and fairly allocate the costs of natural disasters and further stabilize the ...

Santa Monica has declared itself in fiscal distress amid a budget crisis driven by $229 million in sexual abuse settlement payouts.

Today, most think of the California FAIR plan as a safeguard against wildfire risk. Few are aware that the state’s insurance provider of last resort was created as a band-aid response to a very ...

Governor Newsom signs an order to address the economic and insurance issues Californians face due to climate change.

The housing crisis is forcing families to pack up and leave, pulling students away from their friends, teachers, and community.

California employers and taxpayers are paying off the state's growing debt from a $20 billion federal loan used to cover unemployment claims.

After President Trump promised that we were headed for a 'golden age' of American prosperity, his policies are stifling the state with the largest economy.

At the state Capitol this year, lawmakers, policy experts, housing advocates and others said the term “housing shortage” at least 30 times in committee hearings and floor speeches — underscoring how ...

Kelp forests function as major habitat for marine biodiversity, but are in rapid decline worldwide, largely because of climate impacts on the oceans. A 2013 marine heat wave known as “the Blob,” ...