California has by far the highest cost of living of any state in the nation — and it’s getting worse every year. But instead of fixing the problem, state and local politicians are dodging ...

Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation still plague the Golden State.

California living trust laws govern how residents can create and manage trusts to hold their assets, potentially bypassing probate-a court-supervised process for transferring property after death.

The Golden State raised minimum wage to $16.90. California cost of living runs about 40% above national average. Some California cities pay higher rates than the new minimum wage. As the cost of ...

Last year’s presidential election underscored, particularly to Democrats, that the costs of living were a major factor in the outcome. Inflation had increased sharply during Joe Biden’s presidency, ...

California is a living laboratory for the observation that demography is destiny, first uttered by the 19th century French philosopher Auguste Comte. During the first 150 years of its statehood, ...