Overview

• As a member-funded nonprofit newsroom, CalMaters has delivered unbiased, fact-based coverage of California’s state government since its 2015 launch.
• Its investigations prompted legislators to crack down on private colleges profiteering on students, expand mental health services and broaden first responders’ workers’ compensation.
• CalMatters reporting on immigration enforcement in the Central Valley prompted a federal court order halting warrantless Border Patrol stops and mandating agent retraining.
• Stories on homelessness and eviction spurred local authorities and communities to cancel pending evictions and reconnect families separated by housing instability.
• To mark its 10th anniversary, the newsroom is debuting a retrospective exhibit of its most compelling data visualizations, interactive graphics and photojournalism.