Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a suite of privacy protection bills for transgender patients amid continuing threats by the Trump administration. This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It can be ...

Anthony Willis, who has an apartment on Skid Row, spends most of his time on the streets. He says he’s addicted to crack and alcohol. (Angela Hart/KFF Health News) LOS ANGELES — Inside a bright new ...

Physician assistant Daniel Speller, who works for a new nonprofit medical group called Healthcare in Action, treats a leg wound on Robert Smith, who is homeless in Long Beach. (Angela Hart/KFF Health ...

Razor wire tops a fence at California State Prison, Sacramento, in Sacramento, California. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) California has agreed to improve health care for newly ...

It can be republished for free. Celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton is backing California lawmakers’ push to increase the transparency of residential teen therapeutic centers by requiring these ...

States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and ...

A homeless encampment in San Francisco on June 6. A new study shows that at least 90% of adults who are experiencing homelessness in California became homeless while living in the state. (Tayfun ...

This story also ran on The Sacramento Bee. It can be republished for free. Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room. Physical violence is less common, she said, ...

OAKLAND — Medi-Cal health coverage kicked in for Antonio Abundis just when the custodian needed it most. This story also ran on El Timpano. It can be republished for free. We want to hear about your ...

SACRAMENTO — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as ...

A federal judge has found top California officials in contempt for failing to hire enough mental health professionals to adequately treat tens of thousands of incarcerated people with serious mental ...

Jennifer Pahlka believes bolstering the government’s tech chops and depending less on contractors could save taxpayer dollars. However, as the Trump administration looks to slash spending, she worries ...