Gas Hovers at $6.39 a Gallon as California Sits Nearly $2 Above the National Average

Legislative Analyst: California Faces a Roughly $18 Billion Shortfall in 2026-27, Then About $35 Billion a Year

Constitutional formulas absorbed nearly all of the added revenue, and the LAO warns it is not safe to bet that AI-fueled stock gains will last.

California Lost About 150,000 People in 2025; Texas Is the Top Destination

UC Berkeley's California Policy Lab says movers cut housing costs from $2,376 to $1,706 a month on average and calls continued losses a possible “new normal.”

Report co-author Evan White: “The California Dream is still very much alive.”

Rail Authority Says $231 Billion Figure Is Not Its Plan, but Phase 1 Still Tops $126 Billion

State Sen. Tony Strickland says the project was due in 2020 and was first priced at $33 billion; the Authority projects Merced-to-Bakersfield service in 2033 and SF-to-LA/Anaheim in 2040.

Homelessness Audit: Only Two of Five Programs Likely Cost-Effective; Council Stopped Tracking in 2021

The state auditor could not evaluate three programs that received $9.4 billion since 2020; an estimated 171,000 Californians are homeless, about 30% of the U.S. total.