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Why Reno’s housing market is holding up while Phoenix, Denver and Austin fall
Washoe County deeds show a 2.1% YoY gain through July 2026, while Austin is down 5.0% and Denver is down 3.4%
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Clock is ticking as LA Olympics organizers plan massive spending spree to retool venues
LA28 officials are stockpiling money and preparing to spend it fast. The organizing committee has effectively built a Fortune 500 company in Downtown L.A.
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California’s top Democrats struggle but can’t resolve the question of wildfire liability
Gavin Newsom’s late-session deal failed in the Legislature. It would have lessened liability for utilities whose equipment causes wildfires. A state Senate compromise never got a vote.
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California schools are sitting on arts money. A change in law might get them to spend it
The proposed changes aim to allay schools’ apprehension about spending their arts money granted through an initiative voters passed in 2022.
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California kills bill regulating Flock cameras even as public rage grows
The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount. This year was no exception.
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As California debated sharing data on drivers, Homeland Security subpoenaed 17 million records
Privacy advocates raised alarms as California lawmakers voted to share driver license information with a national nonprofit database. Then, the Trump administration sought trucker records from the organization.
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Why Trump’s demand for trucker records sets off CA privacy alarms
“We told you so.” That’s what privacy and immigrant advocates are saying about a federal subpoena to a national clearinghouse of DMV records. This summer, they tried to warn Gov. Gavin Newsom that sharing data about California driver’s license holders could put noncitizens at risk. As CalMatters’ Wendy Fry and Khari Johnson explain, Newsom’s office,…
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Homes in Highly Rated School Zones Cost 35% More Than the Average U.S. Home. But the Premium Is Much Smaller in Some Parts of the Country.
The typical U.S. home located in a highly rated school zone costs $580,000, which is 35% more than $430,000 for the typical home overall, regardless of its school zone. A household would need to earn $159,157 per year to afford a home in a highly rated school zone, roughly $41,000 more than the $117,995 needed…
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A Tale of Two Tech Cities: San Francisco’s Housing Market Booms While Seattle Slumps
San Francisco, home to OpenAI and Anthropic, is seeing its housing market boom as AI employees put their money into the housing market. In Seattle, economic jitters in the tech space are dampening homebuying demand. San Francisco and Seattle are two of America’s leading tech hubs, and for years, their housing markets have behaved like…
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In standoff with Newsom, California Democrats claw back $450 million for climate projects
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new carbon market rules threatened climate funding for water, air and transit projects. A last-minute compromise between him and lawmakers provides some funding to narrow that gap.