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Matt Levin
Matt Levin is the data and housing dude for CALmatters. His work entails distilling complex policy topics into easily digestible charts and graphs, finding and writing original stories from data, yelling at his computer for something he did wrong in his code, and complaining about his rent on "Gimme Shelter", the housing podcast he co-hosts. Matt's award-winning housing and data reporting has been featured on Marketplace, NPR's Here & Now, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Matt is a former research associate for the Public Policy Institute of California, where he specialized in quantitative analysis of poverty and social policy. He has a Master’s in Public Policy from UCLA and an MS in Journalism from USC, but he'll always consider himself a Cal bear.
The latest by Matt Levin
California’s new housing budget is a wrap. Here’s what you need to know.
Lawmakers—cutting big checks to combat the housing crisis—fight over who gets the money
Who’s coming and who’s going: California in 5 interactive charts and maps
Developers and unions “not close” on deal to spur housing construction
A rare tenant win and a lingering question: Why don’t California’s renters have more political punch?
With CA’s most closely watched housing bill on life support, what’s next?
California’s hottest housing bill was just unexpectedly shelved. What you need to know:
Rent control firebrand has no regrets
Amid the housing NIMBYs and YIMBYs, meet PIMBYs—“Parents in my Backyard”
For aging California, is the future Florida?
The Latest From CalMatters
A plea to the right and left: tone down the rhetoric
PG&E play emerges, Newsom visits Paradise, race tracks jockey for position
Do ‘red flag’ laws actually save lives?
With whites and men still dominating the pool, how California hopes to create a diverse redistricting panel
As gun control efforts advance in California Capitol, opponents bank on the courts
