If Prop. 15 passes, any commercial or industrial property owner with more than $3 million of California real estate would have to pay taxes based on the current market value of the property, rather than the original purchase price. 

The COVID-19 pandemic will change the way some Californians vote in the Nov. 3 presidential election.

Davina Smith hopes to help set the course for the department’s future.

Why did a lawmaker need to bring her newborn to the COVID-exposed state Capitol to do her job? To help pass a new family leave law.

More than any other vice presidential contender in a generation, Kamala Harris’ biography is singularly Californian. Here are eight ways that California shaped Kamala Harris and that Harris has shaped California.

This explainer will walk you through California’s response — good, bad and ugly — to unemployment in the coronavirus recession.

Comstock’s spoke with Belen Flores about how her organization has adapted in recent months and why its mission remains important.

California has rapidly expanded its safety net in an attempt to catch millions of residents impacted by the coronavirus and its economic aftershocks. Have these efforts succeeded?

As the coronavirus pandemic and recession hits California, the governor’s top environmental official has launched a comprehensive review of the cap and trade program that has been the cornerstone of the state’s strategy to fight climate change.

Employers are considering making the temporary measures for people to work from home caused by the coronavirus lockdown more formal. What are their obligations to their employees?