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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
A state lawmaker borrowed nearly a half-million dollars to buy a home. You might have voted for her lender.
San Diego’s mayor explains why he became a “YIMBY”
If California pursues a cap on rent increases, how many tenants will it actually help?
Does “upzoning”—allowing taller, denser housing to be built—actually work?
How future-proof is Gavin Newsom’s master plan for California?
Huntington Beach legislator: Newsom housing lawsuit “seemed like selective prosecution”
Will ‘blue wave’ Dems stave off Newsom’s housing suit against Huntington Beach?
Can Newsom build housing’s “missing middle”?
It’s a big deal: Newsom’s housing budget, explained
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