Investigative reporter @calmatters. Past stories @sfchronicle, @NYTimes, others. [email protected]
California based / Ohio raised
Joined August 2011
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Lauren Hepler retweeted
15 DUIs, still driving: California’s failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road
Alcohol related roadway deaths have shot up by more than 50% in the past decade, more than twice as steep as the rest of the country.
Via Robert Lewis @LAHepler
calmatters.org/investigation…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
15 DUIs, still driving: California's failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road - another installment of a blockbuster investigation by Robert Lewis and @LAHepler calmatters.org/investigation…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
Oh, it's SO cool when @LAHepler and Team @CalMatters does a deep dive into a longstanding public policy issue that's a continuing thorn in the public. Solid series (and below are some old numbers).
calmatters.org/investigation…
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CalMatters spoke with three men who were detained on the streets of Los Angeles during the first weekend of the raids.
These are the stories of how they were arrested, treated in government detention and, ultimately pressured to voluntarily deport.
calmatters.org/investigation…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
Taken: What happens after an LA immigration raid
Masked men pull up quickly and approach Latino men.
When someone runs, they’re taken. When they don’t answer a question, they’re taken. When they can’t produce papers, they’re taken.
W/@WendyFry_ @LAHepler @AnatRubin1 @add
Lauren Hepler retweeted
Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, records show. cal.news/3HV4giP
📝 @kharijohnson & Mohamed Al Elew
Lauren Hepler retweeted
NEW: LA homelessness officials are refusing to release public records to LAist about allegations of high-level wrongdoing — including whistleblower retaliation — that led to $800,000 in taxpayer payouts.
Attorneys say it’s unlawful for LAHSA to withhold.
laist.com/news/politics/lahs…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
A shocking investigation from @LAHepler.
calmatters.org/housing/2025/…
(The City of Sacramento has repeatedly declined to allow me and @RENEECBYER inside its Roseville Road shelter...)
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"The shelter is a volunteer jail"
@LAHepler shares the findings of her investigation into the conditions inside California homeless shelters with @mlagos on @KCRWPressPlay
kcrw.com/news/shows/press-pl…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
My colleague, @LAHepler shedding some light on what what’s it’s like for people living inside California shelters. It’s a sad story that MUST be told.
‘A volunteer jail:’ Inside the scandals and abuse pushing California’s homeless out of shelters calmatters.org/housing/2025/…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
Shelters are supposed to be safe havens. But records show they’re more deadly than jails – and the vast majority of residents remain homeless.
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ALT Quote: “The shelters are not a solution… We have every reason to believe that if we scaled up income support and provided rental assistance, we would probably see the homeless numbers cut in half.” Source: Dennis Culhane, an expert in homelessness and housing policy. The University of Pennsylvania social scientist has advised the city of LA, the U.S. Congress and other public agencies.
Lauren Hepler retweeted
“People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.”
Rounds up in Kern county appears to be the first large-scale Border Patrol raid in California since the election of Donald Trump
calmatters.org/economy/2025/…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
This is what’s left of the Pacific Palisades. The mall survived. Most everything else is gone. Homes, apartment complexes… businesses.
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🎙️ ON AIR:
We're speaking w/ @LAHepler about her investigation for @CalMatters into the challenges @CA_EDD is facing.
❓Have you had an experience with California's Employment Development Department or MoneyNetwork? How did it go?
📻 Listen: kqed.org/forum/2010101908070…
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MON at 10AM:
@LAHepler joins to talk about her investigation for @CalMatters into the challenges @CA_EDD is facing.
❓Have you had an experience with California's Employment Development Department or MoneyNetwork? How did it go?
Lauren Hepler retweeted
Out-of-work residents fight new fraud battles. The system bleeds money. And a $1 billion technology overhaul marches on. cal.news/3B2qKvz
📝 Lauren Hepler
Lauren Hepler retweeted
California, you’ve got until 8 p.m. tonight to vote. If you’re still trying to understand the ballot measures and other important state races, make sure to check out our @CalMatters voter guide: calmatters.org/california-vo…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
“I’m not going to be a martyr for $19.60 an hour.” Says Johnson, who quit the Shasta county election office on Wednesday.
10 of 21 Election workers have left as self-appointed observers roam office.
📷 @mgutierrezjr @RobertMeeksRT
calmatters.org/politics/2024…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
Election workers quit in Shasta as self-appointed observers roam office calmatters.org/politics/2024…
Lauren Hepler retweeted
The real reason Texas can't control its border: it needs the migrants too badly.
For 8 months, I've investigated undocumented construction workers, the bosses hiring them, and the politicians who look the other way:
texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
