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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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California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed a new CPUC president amid a new push to cut costs and lower power bills throughout the state.
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California Democrats face pressure from activists on the left to abandon “radical civility” and instead back candidates who will push back hard against the GOP.
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He rallied in L.A. for a proposed 5% tax on billionaires' wealth to fund health care and education. Gov. Gavin Newsom and leading Democrats oppose it, fearing an exodus.
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No two senior centers are alike. We visited three very different venues in L.A. to learn how they’re changing for California’s aging population.
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A recent state law lifted the statute of limitations on sex abuse lawsuits, driving a huge increase in payouts by school districts and government agencies.
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Thousands of Kaiser health care workers, including 22,000 nurses in Southern California, are on strike to demand better pay and staffing.
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Withdrawal of federal climate authority could ironically give California broader power to regulate emissions and sue oil companies.
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A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers has introduced 10 bills, an unprecedented package designed to stop deadly drivers.
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California joined 10 states in banned private companies from charging fees to veterans for basic help with their VA disability claims.
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Even after California legalized marijuana, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers.
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin meets with local and congressional leaders in San Diego to tout the U.S. and Mexico’s progress in cleaning up the polluted Tijuana River.
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California’s fire safety regulators are more than a month late with a study on mid-rise apartments and staircases.
