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 Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild (right) talks with Vice Chair Siva Gunda, during a hearing on the state gas price spike in Sacramento on Nov. 29, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Gas prices, campaign $$ database shake up Capitol

by Emily Hoeven November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

UC workers strike in Oakland on Nov. 28, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

UC, CSU campuses in the hot seat

by Emily Hoeven November 29, 2022November 28, 2022

Kevin Kiley attends a press conference in Sacramento on Aug. 24, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California election results near final form

by Emily Hoeven November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

The state Capitol in Sacramento on Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Oil tax likely won’t be considered until January

by Emily Hoeven November 22, 2022November 21, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Siebel Newsom speak to media after casting their ballots on election day at the California Museum in Sacramento on Nov. 8, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Amid ‘security concerns,’ no details on Newsom trip

by Emily Hoeven November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, is surrounded by members of the media as she heads back to her office after speaking on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Nov. 17, 2022. Photo by Andrew Harnik, AP Photo

California braces for post-Pelosi future

by Emily Hoeven November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

The state Capitol in Sacramento on July 6, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

Budget whiplash: California faces $25 billion deficit

by Emily Hoeven November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

The sun sets outside the venue of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 12, 2022. Photo by Peter Dejong, AP Photo

Inside lawmakers’ climate trips to Egypt, Japan

by Emily Hoeven November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

Widespread strikes descend on California

by Emily Hoeven November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

Representative David Valadao speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2021. Photo by Graeme Sloan, Sipa USA via Reuters

California may determine control of the House

by Emily Hoeven November 14, 2022November 14, 2022

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