Breaking: Pelosi was early to publicly voice concerns about the viability of Biden’s campaign after a disastrous late June debate performance. When Biden attempted to slam the door shut on that discussion, it was Pelosi who subtly, but very publicly, nudged the door back open. When vulnerable congressional Democrats began fretting that a flagging Biden would drag them down come November, Pelosi reportedly offered to be a sounding board and repository of their complaints. When Rep. Adam Schiff came out last week as the most high-profile Democrat yet to call on Biden to exit for the sake of the party and country, many saw in it the handiwork — or at least, the tacit approval — of Pelosi, Schiff’s mentor and political benefactor. And when it came time to deliver the unwelcome pitch and tell Biden that his hopes for reelection were faint, it was Pelosi who reportedly gave him a dispassionate analysis of the polls, even as she remained evasive in her public statements. https://cal.news/4fgfjj5 📝 Ben Christopher 📸 Jacquelyn Martin via Reuters #CA #California #CalMatters #biden #pelosi
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California explained.
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SO EXCITED to share this fantastic 4-part investigation into Michigan's (and especially, Detroit's) sky high car insurance, and how state lawmakers passed reforms that basically allowed car insurance companies to charge more in Black neighborhoods: https://lnkd.in/etft3T8f Markup journalists Aaron Sankin and Mo E. did this project in collaboration with Sarah Alvarez and Koby Levin at Outlier Media and this is the kind of collaboration that ✨ dreams are made of ✨. I'm not exaggerating. After working together on another investigation that affected Detroiters, Sarah came to me and asked if we had the capacity to look into something she knew had to be true, but needed help proving. Serendipitously, two of our reporters, Aaron and Madeleine Varner, loved looking at insurance filing data more than life itself 😂 (in all seriousness, they had investigated insurance companies before). We figured out a way to tackle this together, and months later, alongside a more than 10K-word methodology, an explainer about how you can best get discounts on your insurance, and an explainer on why you need to take factors like race into account if you are trying to eliminate bias, the team's work has come to fruition. A huge congrats to Soo Oh who edited this project from beginning to end, Natasha Liggett for doing statistical review and for giving us an excuse to publish cat photos in the name of stats, Joel Eastwood for the insightful graphics and design (you gotta check out the car that drives with you at the top), Gabriel Hongsdusit for his art direction and charming illustrations, and Emerson M. for his top notch copy editing.
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We did a quick 2-minute video update on the latest #reparations efforts in California for SoCal PBS and CalMatters. With additional reporting by Deborah Brennan and editing by Robert Meeks https://lnkd.in/gVXy2RGn
CLBC Promotes 14 Reparations Bills Across the State | SoCal Matters | PBS SoCal
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Nine years ago today, CalMatters started publishing journalism to hold officials accountable, reveal unseen community issues and empower Californians. Our nonprofit newsroom has grown steadily over time, but this year has been especially unique: We added The Markup’s tech-focused team, hosted the inaugural CalMatters Ideas Festival in Sacramento, debuted the government transparency tool Digital Democracy, and started airing on California TV five nights a week through PBS SoCal. https://cal.news/3WafKT9 📝 Sonya Quick 📸 Larry Valenzuela
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As the Supreme Court gives cities more power to ban sleeping outside, homeless Californians face a crucial decision: Try to get into a shelter, or risk going to jail. The shelters — a fallback in a state that has long resisted building costly new housing, but where officials are under intense pressure to vanquish tents — are often rife with violence, theft, disease and vermin, according to lawsuits, advocacy reports and interviews. A recent state effort to reform them is largely being ignored, public records requested by CalMatters show. Read Lauren Hepler's investigation: https://cal.news/4fljCd1 📸 Kristian Carreon #CA #California #CalMatters #homelessness #housing
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Our 9-year anniversary fundraising drive starts today. Californians deserve unbiased, independent news. Please give what you can to support our mission today → https://cal.news/4cIMPga
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CalMatters journalists took home the top two investigative awards, along with first place for in-depth reporting and first place for an email newsletter, at this weekend’s California Journalism Awards. Byrhonda L. won first place for her investigative reporting on California’s parolee rehabilitation failures, which triggered statewide impact. Robert Lewis and Wendy Fry won first place for environmental reporting for exposing the ways California dumps toxic waste across state borders. Lauren Hepler won first place for in-depth reporting for her four-part series dissecting the pandemic fiasco in the state’s unemployment system. Lynn La won first place in newsletter writing for the weekday WhatMatters email newsletter. Read more about the awards and our other honors: https://cal.news/4f1G2j7 📝 Sonya Quick 📸 Rahul Lal #CA #California #CalMatters #nonprofitnews #journalism
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Gains in public-sector and other jobs largely supported by public money have cloaked a dismal California labor market, which has seen a big decline of private-industry jobs since their post-pandemic peak, a new analysis shows. The state Legislative Analyst’s Office looked at employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics through April, and concluded that private-sector industries in California, including tech and finance, have lost a total of 340,000 jobs since reaching their peak a couple of years ago. https://cal.news/3XUrRWU 📝 Levi Sumagaysay 📸 Amir Aziz #CA #California #CalMatters #cajobs #caeconomy #techlayoffs
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Inside the newsroom: CalMatters’ Digital Democracy initiative is already making an impact shortly after its debut. CalMatters teamed up with CBS-TV to show how advocates for fentanyl legislation were upset to learn from Digital Democracy that their bills died when legislators declined to vote. “I personally am insulted,” said the mother of a young person who died from a fentanyl overdose. “That is what they signed up for, to represent us.” And more than half of state lawmakers have been featured in CalMatters’ reporting, thanks to the artificial intelligence built into Digital Democracy that scans government data and spotlights story ideas for reporters. https://cal.news/4eYOO1t 📝 Sonya Quick 📸 Fred Greaves #CA #California #CalMatters #CAleg #digitaldemocracy
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“Despite identifying 1,053 violations in employee housing facilities in 2022, the last year for which data is available — including electrical hazards and exposed wiring, mold, living rooms with more than seven beds, missing fire extinguishers and windows that didn’t open — the department did not issue a single citation.” State inspectors are supposed to visit all farmworker housing to ensure its safety. Some used FaceTime instead. Story via Felicia Mello , me, Data journalist Erica Yee and huge thanks Nicole Foy Alejandra Reyes-Velarde for helping us get it started many many months ago. And huge thanks to Andy Donohue. 🙏🏽 https://lnkd.in/gXgmzQ76
State inspectors are supposed to visit all farmworker housing to ensure its safety. Some used FaceTime instead
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