Letters will be sent out to nearly 30 neighboring landowners — including California Forever — to gauge interest in the city’s aspirations for annexing additional land.

It aims to unlock these vacant homes as housing for the local workforce.

San José Mayor Matt Mahan’s preliminary budget plan includes a 2026 ballot measure to tie council and mayoral pay raises to performance metrics.

In 2022, San Francisco voters approved a tax meant to open up housing units that were otherwise vacant. But the tax has been held up in litigation, and city officials haven’t been able to implement it yet.

The Trump administration is threatening to investigate and prosecute state and local officials who impede the enforcement of federal immigration laws. California cities and counties are in the crosshairs.

California lawmakers and civil rights advocates are preparing for President Trump to impose a new “travel ban” based on foreign nationals’ countries of origin.

Students held two major campus protests this week in response to the arrest and detention of a former Columbia University student who organized pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus last year.

California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households.