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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.
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The California Legislature has failed five times to regulate Flock cameras — even as examples of abuse mount. This year was no exception.
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The proposed changes aim to allay schools’ apprehension about spending their arts money granted through an initiative voters passed in 2022.
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Defense contracts in Los Angeles County have nearly tripled over the last 10 years thanks to space and drone weapons.
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The measure, which was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s public utiliites, never came to a vote in the Assembly.
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It’s been a four-year battle to allow students without legal status to work at California’s public colleges.
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California police and firefighters will be able to retire earlier and earn more generous pensions under a bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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A new cap on business tax credits limited Hollywood studios’ ability to access tax breaks. California leaders now have a fix.
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California Legislators are racing to regulate data centers amid public outcry. Business interests are trying to blunt the backlash.
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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.
