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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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California Republicans could take three Legislative seats from Democrats with diverse candidates, signaling potential voter shifts amid frustration with high costs and policies.
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Many California cities offer their homeless residents one-way bus tickets to other places.
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Most ships discharging ballast water into California waters are inspected, but state officials have tested the water of only 16 ships.
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The company and two of its officials were charged with wage and tax violations in Riverside, San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange counties.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is urgently preparing to protect reproductive rights from the incoming Trump administration.
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California voters turned on progressive district attorneys George Gascon and Pamela Price in the 2024 election, dealing a setback to the movement they championed.
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Some California sectors, like agriculture, will be hit directly. Many more could feel the ripple effects of mass deportation.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a key figure in protests over California vaccine laws. He could set U.S. health policy in the Trump administration.
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The "Sanctuary State' is readying legal challenges to thwart a second Trump administration's mass deportation plans.
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While Cal State’s graduation rate has improved, Black, Latino and Native American students still lag far behind other student groups.
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Newsom touts the first of 13 regional plans to boost economic development across the state.
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As the state’s community colleges adopt diversity, equity and inclusion policies, conservatives sue, claiming they have gone too far.
