Levi Sumagaysay covers the California economy for CalMatters with an eye on accountability and equity. She reports on the insurance market, taxes and anything that affects the state’s residents, labor force 和 economy.
Before joining CalMaters, Levi was a tech and business reporter and editor. She has written and edited stories about the rise of the dot-coms, the booms and busts of Silicon Valley and technology’s effects on everything, including the news media. She now works in a hybrid remote newsroom for an online publication, but previously worked in newsrooms with printing presses, paste-up artists, pica poles, pneumatic tubes and unforgettable personalities. She worked at a Seattle newspaper that had only one internet-connected computer.
The news business has changed, but what drew her to it hasn’t: She wants to tell stories to help people make informed decisions about their lives.
Levi, a longtime Bay Area resident, is a graduate of the San Francisco State journalism department. Her stories at MarketWatch and commentary at the Mercury News have won awards; she has received two National Press Foundation fellowships; and was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editing intern.
In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, State Farm asked for an "emergency" premium increase of 22% on average for California homeowners. Lara today denied the request pending more information.
After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on insurance companies — which will in turn pass the costs along to homeowners — the first such move in more than three decades. The state Insurance Department today approved a request […]
State Farm, que ya tiene solicitudes de aumento de tarifas pendientes, solicitó a los funcionarios estatales que aprobaran más aumentos a los precios de seguros.
El plan del estado para solucionar la crisis de seguros apenas se había puesto en marcha cuando comenzaron los incendios de Los Ángeles. ¿Puede el mercado recuperarse y estabilizarse?
El analista legislativo tiene un plan para solucionar la “insolvencia estructural” del fondo de beneficios por desempleo, pero las empresas no están contentas y no está claro si los legisladores se sumarán.
The legislative analyst has a plan to fix the "structural insolvency" of the unemployment benefits fund — but businesses aren't happy and it’s unclear if lawmakers will get on board.
Despite a budget deficit and continued high costs, there was good news and bad news for the California economy in 2024. The next year will depend in part on what the Trump administration does.
Levi Sumagaysay covers the economy for CalMatters. She is based in the Bay Area.
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Levi Sumagaysay covers the California economy for CalMatters with an eye on accountability and equity. She reports on the insurance market, taxes and anything that affects the state’s residents, labor force and economy. Before joining CalMaters, Levi was a tech and business reporter and editor. She has written and edited stories about the rise of the dot-coms, the booms and busts of Silicon Valley and technology’s effects on everything, including the news media. Levi, a longtime Bay Area resident, is a graduate of the San Francisco State journalism department. Her stories at MarketWatch on the tech economy and about janitors at Facebook won awards from the San Francisco Press Club; her tech news stories and commentary at the Mercury News won awards from Editor & Publisher and the Peninsula Press Club; she has received two National Press Foundation fellowships; and was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editing intern. Other languages spoken: Tagalog (fluent)