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Lynn La is the newsletter writer for CalMatters, focusing on California’s top political, policy and Capitol stories every weekday. She produces and curates 重要的事情, CalMatters’ flagship daily newsletter with more than 150,000 subscribers.    

In the newsletter, Lynn analyzes the state’s policy issues for a broader audience, through original reporting and by summarizing and compiling stories from CalMatters and other news sources. Recently, she has reported on bills to address California’s worsening fentanyl epidemic, tackle retail theft and legislate happiness. She also reveals more about lawmakers by interviewing them for an occasional series on first-term legislators in 2023 and new committee chairpersons in 2024. 

Through WhatMatters, Lynn also plays a crucial role in CalMatters election coverage, helping to keep track of daily developments in key campaigns, including legislative and congressional races and ballot measures.  

Prior to joining CalMatters in March 2023, she wrote for the education technology startup Guild and was a senior editor at CNET. She also covered public health at The Sacramento Bee as a Kaiser media fellow and was an intern reporter at Capitol Weekly. 

Lynn is based in the Bay Area. She graduated from UC Davis and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Other languages spoken: Vietnamese (basic)

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Three people stand outdoors on a sunny day. One person holds a smartphone, showing something on the screen to an older person in a blue jacket who is smiling. A child in the foreground is smiling and looking downward. Palm trees and buildings line the background.
重要的事情
Families find, reunite with homeless loved ones
California is home to roughly 187,000 unhoused people. But for every homeless resident, there may be a concerned parent, sibling or offspring wondering where their loved one is, whether they’re in danger and how they’re getting along living on the streets. Two concerned relatives saw their loved ones quoted in an October CalMatters article and […]
经过 • 5 月 2, 2025
People detained inside the Golden State Annex, a U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement detention facility, in McFarland on July 8, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
重要的事情
Federal crackdown on CA immigration increases even as justice system finds problems
Let’s dive into some immigration news: Join CalMatters and Evident in San Francisco today for a screening of Operation: Return to Sender, a short documentary uncovering what really happened during a three-day Border Patrol raid in Bakersfield. After the film, CalMatters’ Sergio Olmos and others will discuss what the team uncovered and what it means […]
经过 • 5 月 1, 2025
An aerial view of homes on a cul-de-sac overlooking a small mountain with green vegetation.
重要的事情
CA’s long road ahead to build fire-resistant homes
About 4 million Californians live in what Cal Fire categorizes as “high” or “very high” fire danger zones. With the state’s ongoing housing crunch, our penchant to build and rebuild homes in high-risk areas also won’t stop anytime soon. Following the deadly Los Angeles County wildfires, home hardening — or the process of making homes […]
经过 • 4 月 30, 2025
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重要的事情
Law enforcement increasingly likely to avoid mental health calls
In California and across the country there’s a growing push to minimize the role police play when someone is in the throes of a mental health crisis. Too often, those incidents can result in the person being injured by police — and a federal court ruling has inspired fresh police concerns about their liability. Sacramento […]
经过 • 4 月 29, 2025
A person, wearing a black bomber jacket with the a CalFire patch on the left sleeve, looks forward during a press conference. A large white aircraft can be seen in the background.
重要的事情
Where’s the federal aid for Los Angeles County fires?
In the aftermath of the deadly January Los Angeles County wildfires, Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to L.A. and Washington, D.C. to lobby President Donald Trump and members of Congress for federal aid.  But three months later, Congress has yet to move on Newsom’s $40 billion request, reports CalMatters’ Alexei Koseff. Meanwhile, frustrations from Democratic voters […]
经过 • 4 月 28, 2025
A crowded room of seated attendees listens during a legislative hearing. Several people wear yellow shirts and hats, and many hold signs supporting AB 1157, with messages like “Pass AB 1157, Prevent Homelessness.” The mood is serious, and the group appears engaged in the proceedings.
重要的事情
CA tenants, landlords, Democrats all fight over rent caps
One of the fiercest legislative fights of 2019 was over a bill limiting the amount that many California landlords can hike rent. Six years later, legislators were back at it again as the Assembly’s housing committee took up a bill Thursday, authored by Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra of San Jose, which would:  If crowd size […]
经过 • 4 月 25, 2025
Farmworkers work at the Heringer Estates Family Vineyards and Winery in Clarksburg on March 24, 2020. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
重要的事情
How Trump’s tariffs could affect CA wine
As California moves to sue President Donald Trump’s administration over tariffs, Californians working in the state’s wine, agricultural and port industries must navigate a murky economic outlook that could upend their livelihoods, writes CalMatters’ Levi Sumagaysay. Igor Ivanov owns the Vinous Reverie wine shop in Walnut Creek. Because it sells mostly wines from Europe — […]
经过 • 4 月 24, 2025
A black gas container with a measuring instrument at the top sits outside a commercial building with a garage door opening.
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Californians could be breathing this toxic gas
A CalMatters investigation of facilities emitting methyl bromide in Los Angeles County has found that local air quality officials won’t be monitoring the air or taking any immediate steps to protect people in nearby homes and schools. As Alejandra Reyes-Velarde explains, methyl bromide is a highly toxic gas used to kill pests on imported produce. […]
经过 • 4 月 23, 2025
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Advocates fear effects Trump policies could have on special education
Special education advocates and educators in California are raising red flags over President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education and how it would affect some of California’s most vulnerable students. As CalMatters’ Carolyn Jones explains, nearly 800,000 K-12 California students, or 14%, are enrolled in special education. Last year the state spent […]
经过 • 4 月 22, 2025
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Lobbying groups spent over $500 million in CA last year
By the end of last summer, CalMatters data reporter Jeremia Kimelman recognized that 2024 was on its way to break lobbying spending records in California. With the year concluded and recent data filed with the secretary state, lobbying groups indeed spent an unrivaled amount of money in 2024 to influence state government: $540 million, or […]
经过 • 4 月 21, 2025

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Lynn La is the newsletter writer for CalMatters, focusing on California’s top political, policy and Capitol stories every weekday.
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Lynn La is the newsletter writer for CalMatters, focusing on California’s top political, policy and Capitol stories every weekday. She produces and curates WhatMatters, CalMatters’ flagship daily newsletter with more than 150,000 subscribers. Prior to joining CalMatters in March 2023, she wrote for the education technology startup Guild and was a senior editor at CNET. She also covered public health at The Sacramento Bee as a Kaiser media fellow and was an intern reporter at Capitol Weekly. Lynn is based in the Bay Area. She graduated from UC Davis and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Other languages spoken: Vietnamese (basic)