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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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Assemblyman David Chiu speaks to the press following the passage of AB 1482, a bill that would instate a rent cap, on September 11, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his plan for the gradual reopening of California businesses during a news conference at the Display California store in Sacramento May 5, 2020.
A woman walks out of a liquor store past a sign requesting its customers to wear a mask Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Santa Monica. California is among the states seeing the greatest surge in cases now. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo
The coronavirus has played havoc with California's economy, state Democrats to consider exploiting a loophole to expand jobless benefits. Image via iStockmage via iStock
Keely Bosler, Director of Finance, right, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-21 revised state budget during a hearing of the Assembly “Committee of the Whole on the State Budget,” at the Capitol on May 26, 2020. Lawmakers were looking into the Newsom administration’s plan to fill an estimated $54.3 budget deficit created by the effects of the coronavirus. Seated at top left, is Assemblyman Phil Ting, chair of the Assembly budget committee, and at bottom left is Assemblyman Jay Obernolte, vice chair of the budget committee. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool
A man walks past wooden boards and graffiti outside of the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland on July 26, 2020. Last night, protests in downtown Oakland in support of racial justice and police reform turned violent when "agitators" among the demonstrators set fire to a courthouse, vandalized a police station and shot fireworks at officers, according to authorities. Photo by Jeff Chiu, AP Photo

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