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CalMatters
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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Nearly every California county saw a drop in children's eye exams over the past decade, a new report finds.
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Several Cal State campuses are caught in a spiral of declining enrollment. One in LA is focused on retention and re-enrolling students who dropped out.
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Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco need to split the vote nearly evenly to lock Democrats out of the race. Their strategy? Attack each other relentlessly.
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A judge sealed the warrants allowing a sheriff to seize 600,000 ballots. News organizations say the public has a right to see what’s in them.
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With reservoirs brimming — but snowpack abysmal — experts warn of a potentially early fire season.
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To encourage housing developers to build more homes inside factories the state might get into the construction insurance business.
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Non-U.S. citizens lose access to SBA funding for small businesses, which provide the bulk of new jobs in California.
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The state will audit three of its federally-funded fusion centers amid concerns about violations of civil liberties and privacy.
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Californians have a constitutional right to government records, but a lawmaker’s plan would let agencies charge extra fees to get them.
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Homelessness prevention shows promising results in California, as advocates push to spread it statewide and nationally.
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The state argues the Trump administration invented an energy emergency to justify forcing the restart of a shuttered offshore oil operation.
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A record-shattering heat wave is rapidly melting California’s snowpack. The early melt means less water when the state needs it most.
