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Author Archives: Emily Hoeven

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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California Governor, Gavin Newsom walks through the assembly chamber with California Controller Malia Cohen during the opening session of the California Legislature in Sacramento on Dec. 5, 2022. Photo by José Luis Villegas, AP Photo/Pool
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Newsom to lead anti-Jan. 6 march to Capitol

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

Over the next few days, very different events will take place in downtown Sacramento. Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to march to the state Capitol with a group of ticketed supporters before being sworn into office for his second term, according to an invitation enclosed in a late December campaign email. About 1,000 people […]

State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, a Bakersfield Democrat, bows her head in prayer before session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan, 4, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters
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Why 20 votes matter in California, Washington, D.C.

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven January 5, 2023January 5, 2023
Crews repair a levee on north side of the Cosumnes River on Jan. 2, 2023, after it was breached by heavy rains and flooded Sacramento County roads and properties near Wilton. Photo by Fred Greaves, Reuters
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Bomb cyclone, floods expose California vulnerabilities

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven January 4, 2023January 4, 2023
The state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
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Key issues that will shape California in 2023

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven January 3, 2023January 3, 2023
A crowd of people gathered at City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles as part of a nationwide effort in support of abortion rights on May 14, 2022. Photo by Raquel Natalicchio for CalMatters
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California cements abortion rights, flavored tobacco ban

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven December 22, 2022December 22, 2022
Darren Gallagher stands in front of a damaged house in Rio Dell on December 20, 2022 after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California. Photo by Fred Greaves, REUTERS
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Will Northern California earthquake revive seismic safety debate?

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven December 21, 2022December 21, 2022
Homeless tents at an encampment near the PATH apartment complex in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2021.
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California accounts for 30% of nation’s homeless, feds say

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven December 20, 2022December 20, 2022
Striking UC academic workers picket on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Nov. 14, 2022. Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
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UC strike could stretch on despite tentative deal

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven December 19, 2022December 19, 2022
The sun sets on a power generating plant in Huntington Beach, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006. Looking to avoid summer power blackouts, California may tap more fossil fuel power. A proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration would let the state purchase power in emergencies from aging gas plants. Photo by Chris Carlson, AP Photo
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Major votes intensify California climate controversies

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven December 16, 2022December 16, 2022
Lorenzo Mays poses for a photo outside the group home where he lives in Shingle Springs on Aug, 10, 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters
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How the mentally disabled can languish in California jails

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

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