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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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Associate Justice Leondra R. Kruger, right, gestures next to Associate Justice Martin J. Jenkins, left, while speaking toward attorney Margaret R. Prinzing, representing the California Governor and Legislature, at the Supreme Court of California in San Francisco, on May 8, 2024. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo, Pool
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Why California tax limit got booted from ballot
A political bombshell exploded in California at 10 a.m Thursday: The state’s highest court removed an anti-tax measure from the Nov. 5 ballot, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders and angering business and taxpayer groups, writes CalMatters Capitol reporter Alexei Koseff. The blocked initiative — known as the Taxpayer Protection and Government […]
经过 • 6 月 21, 2024
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Can a death sentence with no Black jurors be just?
California hasn’t executed anyone since 2006, and while voters have supported keeping the death penalty, Gov. Gavin Newsom overrode them by imposing a moratorium in 2019. Legal battles have continued during this stalemate, including over potential racial bias in how California metes out capital punishment. The issue is arising in Alameda County, explains CalMatters news […]
经过 • 6 月 20, 2024
Assemblymember Juan Alanis speaks on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 13, 2024. Photo by Cristian Gonzalez for CalMatters
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High-stakes deal-making on California budget and ballot
It’s possible that the final big deals on both the state budget and November ballot measures could be hammered out on the same day next week, or in the days leading up to it. Thursday, June 27 is the deadline for the Legislature to put measures on the Nov. 5 ballot or pull them off […]
经过 • 6 月 19, 2024
Dolores Huerta, founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, speaks during a rally supporting SB 299, which would expand voter registration efforts, at the Capitol in Sacramento on June 12, 2024. Photo by Cristian Gonzalez for CalMatters.
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Will this make California’s electorate more representative?
More than 7.7 million Californians voted in the March primary — a turnout of 35% among registered voters that was nearly 2 percentage points higher than the June 2022 primary. But it was only 29% of all those eligible to vote, which reinforces a key priority for voting advocates: Millions of Californians who could vote […]
经过 • 6 月 18, 2024
Assemblymember Liz Ortega, a San Leandro Democrat, addresses reporters on newly unveiled legislation on taxing the rich, during a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 23, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
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California labor unions flex their muscles
California labor unions cleaned up in the Legislature last session, and often get their way on the bills they care about. There are reasons for that: Unions invest a lot of money into electing their allies, donating at least $22 million to current lawmakers’ campaigns since 2020.  And, as CalMatters Digital Democracy reporter Ryan Sabalow […]
经过 • 6 月 17, 2024
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How abortion pill ruling fits into California access
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, California’s Democratic leaders have sought to make the state a haven for abortion rights. They persuaded voters to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, approved a bill package to shore up reproductive rights and passed a law in […]
经过 • 6 月 14, 2024
A home burns as the Dixie fire jumped Highway 395 south of Janesville on Aug. 16, 2021. Photo by Ethan Swope, AP Photo
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Will this plan fix California’s home insurance crisis?
Tens of thousands of California homeowners, especially those who live in areas at risk of wildfires, have lost their insurance or have to pay more to keep coverage. One after another, major companies have pulled out of the state, many citing the cost of claims. For more than a year, politicians and policymakers have been […]
经过 • 6 月 13, 2024
SEIU union members and supporters rallied at the Capitol in Sacramento in protest of budget cuts on June 11, 2024. Photo by by Renee Lopez for CalMatters
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It’s time to make deals on California budget
From CalMatters K-12 education reporter Carolyn Jones: As the Legislature hammers out its state budget this week, education advocates are waiting to learn the fate of Proposition 98, the decades-old funding mechanism for California’s public K-12 schools and community colleges.  Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed lowering the minimum amount of money guaranteed to schools by […]
经过 • 6 月 12, 2024
The Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board meeting at the San Diego County Administration Center on Oct. 17, 2023. Photo by Kristian Carreon for CalMatters
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California’s fight over remote public meetings
Among the many changes caused by the COVID pandemic, remote work has continued — and that applies to public meetings as well. California officials are still trying to find the right balance: While the Legislature and local elected boards are back to meeting in-person, state lawmakers agreed last year to allow state advisory boards to […]
经过 • 6 月 11, 2024
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Democrat from Hollister, left, and Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, applaud newly sworn in Senate president pro tempore Mike McGuire, a Democrat from Healdsburg, at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Feb. 5, 2024. Photo by Hector Amezcua, Sacramento Bee via Pool
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Crunch time on California ballot measures
This is CalMatters Capitol reporter Jeanne Kuang, filling in for Lynn, who will return in Tuesday’s WhatMatters. It’s make-or-break month for which ballot measures will actually go before California voters in November. The Legislature has until June 27 to make deals with proponents to pull initiatives off the Nov. 5 ballot. One measure that is […]
经过 • 6 月 10, 2024

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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)