Mikhail Zinshteyn
CalMatters-
California could lose votes in the electoral college and suffer economic setbacks if President Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown deters people from moving to the state. -
California voted to bar immigrants from schools and social services in 1994. Now most Californians see immigrants as a benefit to the state. -
President Trump had a legitimate interest in protecting federal employees when he deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, an appeals court ruled. -
Department of Justice lawyers representing the Trump administration returned to court today to repeat their maximalist argument that the president has the authority to commandeer state National Guards troops and that judges have no authority to second guess him. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed major cuts to Medi-Cal and other social programs to close a $12 billion deficit. Democrats in the state Legislature are pushing back, proposing more borrowing. -
At least 24 University of California and California State University campuses lost training grants that provided their students with annual stipends of approximately $12,000 or more. -
The UC has grown its enrollment of California undergraduates by 16,000 in the last five years. University officials say they won鈥檛 be able to continue that growth if state funding is cut. -
The National Institutes of Health restored a leading University of California researcher鈥檚 $36 million grant studying dementia on Friday after terminating it three weeks ago as part of the Trump administration鈥檚 DEI purge. The UC says others were restored, too. -
Some students work multiple jobs and give up extracurricular activities to supplement their financial aid. Many say it鈥檚 worth it. -
National and California experts say Trump鈥檚 mass deportation plans make filling out the federal financial aid application for college a risk to students with undocumented parents. California鈥檚 own application has more safeguards. -
Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% 鈥� it鈥檚 highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind. -
Cal State officials are projecting a 2025-26 budget hole of about $400 million to $800 million. They are warning of layoffs and academic cuts.
