Lauren Hepler is an investigative reporter at CalMatters focused on government accountability, from lax oversight of California’s homeless shelters and unemployment safety net to the state’s epidemic of deadly drivers. She has spent the past decade covering housing, labor and climate issues for the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Guardian, the LA Times and others.
Her work has won national awards including the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability and the Poynter Institute’s Local Accountability Reporting Award, as well as honors from the California News Publishers Association and Sacramento Press Club.
She is based in Southern California, grew up in Ohio and graduated from George Washington University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Other languages spoken: Spanish (proficient)
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