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Emily Hoeven wrote the daily WhatMatters newsletter for three years at CalMatters . Her reporting, essays, and opinion columns have been published in San Francisco Weekly, the Deseret News, the San Francisco Business Times, the Flathead Beacon, the Daily Pennsylvanian, and the Mercury News. Emily graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English and French and studied English at the University of Cambridge, England as a Thouron Summer Prize fellow. She speaks French fluently and spent a year teaching English in Châteauroux, France.

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Two unappealing choices for Newsom, lawmakers
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, November 12. Dwindling options Proposition 15 is dead — and with it, one of California’s few remaining hopes of infusing money into local governments and schools staring down massive deficits. The Associated Press called the race late Tuesday night with 51.8% of voters opposing and 48.2% supporting the campaign to […]
에 의해 • 11월 12, 2020
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California leads fight to defend Obamacare
Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, November 10. Note: The newsletter will pause Wednesday in recognition of Veterans Day. I’ll be back in your inbox on Thursday. Health insurance on the line Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare — […]
에 의해 • 11월 10, 2020
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How California will influence DC
Good morning, California. It’s Monday, November 9. Harris’ historic win How things have changed for California. With the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice president, the Golden State — which spent the past four years mired in a contentious relationship and more than 100 lawsuits with the Trump […]
에 의해 • 11월 9, 2020
A banner sponsored by Painters and Allied Trades Union hangs from a building on Martinez days before the election on Oct. 31, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
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How California’s ballot became a battleground
Good morning, California. It’s Friday, November 6. Industry vs. Legislature The fate of four ballot measures — including what would be the largest change to California’s property tax structure in more than 40 years — hangs in the balance of 4.5 million uncounted votes, according to an estimate released Thursday evening by Secretary of State […]
에 의해 • 11월 6, 2020
Signs for ridesharing company Lyft are visible along a freeway in San Francisco on . Aug. 10, 2017. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group
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How California voters changed the future of work
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, November 5. Big loss for labor unions Uber and Lyft’s $206 million campaign to defy all three branches of California government has paid off — to the tune of $10 billion. That’s how much the gig companies’ valuations shot up after California voters approved Proposition 22 Tuesday night, exempting the […]
에 의해 • 11월 5, 2020
A man holds up a sign that says, 'I don't need a job, I just need customers,' during a rally in opposition to AB 5, a bill that would change the way independent contractors are classified by their employers, on July 9, 2019.
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Uber, Lyft win big victory
Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, November 4. What we know so far What a night. After hours of refreshing election results and drinking way too many cups of coffee, here’s what we know about how California’s 12 statewide propositions are faring so far. Two ballot measures passed and three failed, according to the Associated Press. […]
에 의해 • 11월 4, 2020
Jerry Handfield collects ballots at a drive-thru voting location in front of the Contra Costa County clerk-recorder office in Martinez on Oct. 31, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
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California on track to set voting record
Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, November 3. Results of close races unlikely tonight Election Day is finally here. Today is the last day to cast your ballot, either by mail or in person. Today is your last chance to weigh in on 12 propositions that could affect California’s economic, political and social landscape for generations. […]
에 의해 • 11월 3, 2020
Voters wait in line up to cast their ballots at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles' Korea Town neighborhood on Oct. 24, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.
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50% of California ballots already returned
Good morning, California. It’s Monday, November 2. Gearing up for the big day Tomorrow is Election Day — and a record 22,047,448 Californians are registered to vote. That represents about 88% of eligible citizens, the highest percentage heading into a general election in the past 80 years, according to the secretary of state. They — […]
에 의해 • 11월 2, 2020
Johnny Grandstaff, 8, of Durham Elementary, holds up a sign he made with his mom, saying, "Freedom not fear!" in Chico, during a rally demanding that Butte County reopen on Oct. 2, 2020. Photo by Carin Dorghalli, Enterprise-Record
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Counties band together to challenge Newsom on COVID restrictions
Thirty-two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first stay-at-home order, counties across California are forming coalitions to challenge what they say is prolonged top-down rule from Sacramento. Officials from 12 rural counties gathered Thursday for the “Conference of North State Representatives,” an event aimed at “restor(ing) representative democracy for our citizens.” On the […]
에 의해 • 10월 30, 2020
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California at crossroads over district attorney role
Good morning, California. It’s Thursday, October 29. (Yes, I know I said it was September in yesterday’s newsletter; the pandemic has warped my sense of time.) Traditional vs. progressive Beyond the criminal justice propositions on California’s November ballot, the upcoming election will also serve as a barometer for the role Californians think district attorneys should […]
에 의해 • 10월 29, 2020

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Emily Hoeven wrote the daily WhatMatters newsletter for three years at CalMatters . Her reporting, essays, and opinion columns have been published in San Francisco Weekly, the Deseret News, the San Francisco Business Times, the Flathead Beacon, the Daily Pennsylvanian, and the Mercury News. Emily graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English and French and studied English at the University of Cambridge, England as a Thouron Summer Prize fellow. She speaks French fluently and spent a year teaching English in Châteauroux, France.
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