Under Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised state budget, the proposed funding cuts for UC and CSU are not as bad as the cuts proposed in January.

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for a fifth.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California’s $12 billion spending gap is the product of a “Trump slump” — but that he’s not blaming the president for the state’s budget woes.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California’s budget is facing a $16 billion deficit that he blames on tariffs. He’s proposing to save $5 billion by pausing a Medi-Cal expansion to immigrants.

Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota who traveled to Rome for the papal conclave, relayed the words of Cardinal Francis George, the former American prelate, to CBS News right after Leo’s election last week.

Newsom said it was "time to get serious" about the housing crisis, promoting two legislative bills that will ease the CEQA permitting process.

The California governor is taking harder lines as he confronts a budget shortfall, frustrations among constituents and other pressures that hover over his national ambitions.

The California environmental law known as CEQA can be used to block construction in developed areas. Gov. Newsom is supporting changes to encourage more housing.