Jeremia Kimelman

CalMatters en Español

Nadie gastó más que la empresa Google para presionar a los funcionarios de California este verano

Google gastó 10.7 millones de dólares en actividades de lobby ante la Legislatura y el gobernador entre julio y septiembre durante una batalla legal por los medios de comunicación.

By Alexei Koseff and Jeremia Kimelman • November 13, 2024

Capitol

Why no one spent more than Google to lobby California officials this summer

The tech giant spent $10.7 million lobbying the Legislature and governor from July through September during a media bill fight. It also showered elected officials with $107,500 in campaign cash on one day in September.

By Alexei Koseff and Jeremia Kimelman • November 13, 2024

Elections

Big spenders: These companies are giving the most to California legislative candidates

Independent expenditure committees have put nearly $100 million into legislative races, funding ads to support, and often attack, candidates. The outside, unlimited spending is increasing with each election.

By Jeremia Kimelman • November 4, 2024

CalMatters en Español

Esta proposición de California es la que más está gastando en su campaña

La Proposición 33 sobre el control de alquileres locales y la Proposición 34 relacionada son las que atraen la mayor cantidad de dinero de campaña de las 10 propuestas de ley

By Jeremia Kimelman • October 29, 2024

Elections

This California proposition is drawing the most campaign spending

Proposition 33 on local rent control and the related Proposition 34 are attracting the most campaign cash by far of the 10 ballot measures. But the amount pales to what was spent on dueling sports betting measures in 2022.

By Jeremia Kimelman • October 29, 2024

Elections

Tool: Explore candidates and elected officials investigated for campaign law violations

Use our tool to search through investigations opened by the state’s campaign law watchdog. The data updates weekly.

By Jeremia Kimelman • October 24, 2024

Show Your Work

How we investigated California’s campaign finance watchdog

Despite inconsistencies and flaws in the Fair Political Practices Commission’s enforcement data, we found 15% of investigations took more than two years to resolve.

By Jeremia Kimelman and Yue Stella Yu • October 24, 2024

Elections

‘Notoriously slow:’ Lengthy investigations into California politicians leave voters in the dark

A CalMatters analysis shows that California’s campaign finance watchdog has sometimes taken years to resolve cases, sometimes after politicians have won election or left office.

By Yue Stella Yu and Jeremia Kimelman • October 14, 2024

California Wildfires

Map: How big is the Park Fire? Use this tool to overlay it atop where you live

The Park Fire just pushed California’s wildfire season into overdrive. It has grown rapidly since it started near Chico on July 24. Within two days, the blaze had consumed some 178,000 acres, then it doubled the next day. By Sunday, the fire had devoured more acres than all of this year’s other fires to date […]

By Jeremia Kimelman and John Osborn D'Agostino • July 29, 2024

Politics

Gambling interests gave $1M to California lawmakers. Did it influence their votes?

California’s rival gambling interests gave the 22 members of an obscure legislative committee more than $1 million in campaign donations. Did the cash infusion to this “juice committee” influence members’ votes?

By Ryan Sabalow and Jeremia Kimelman • July 16, 2024