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CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization bringing Californians stories that probe, explain and explore solutions to quality of life issues while holding our leaders accountable. We are the only journalism outlet dedicated to covering America’s biggest state, 39 million Californians and the world’s fifth largest economy.
CalMatters is a longstanding partner of LAist and its reporters in Los Angeles have desks in the LAist newsroom. Both nonprofit newsrooms have grants from The LA Local, which at LAist funds two reporters and an editor on the watchdog journalism team.
Stories by CalMatters
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Democrats are pushing a last-minute bill to ban federal agents from using electric shock gloves.
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Researchers determined Prop. 47 likely led to an estimated increase in street homelessness of about 10% between 2015 and 2019.
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An L.A.-area Democrat wants California to partner with drug manufacturers to make weight loss drugs cheaper.
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UCLA’s new major fuses technological tools for statistical analysis, coding, 3D mapping and data visualization with traditional humanities.
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A last-minute Newsom proposal could exempt a Santa Monica housing project from the regular coastal development process.
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California announced a new lawsuit over President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting.
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Parents of transgender kids warned California for months. State officials are rushing to find money before the Oct. 13 deadline.
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California lawmakers are pushing back on Gov. Gavin Newsom's last-minute proposals to limit fire survivor payouts and utilities' financial liability.
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was at the California Supreme Court Monday as his attorney argued he acted within his authority in seizing 650,000 ballots.
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A century-old policy of extinguishing every fire by 10 a.m. shaped forests — and it may be making a comeback.
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The state has its own massive fleet and deep pockets — but a new federal "full suppression" strategy and several firefighter deaths are testing even California's resources.
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California’s law to slash plastic packaging is running into a fight over who pays — and how much.
