Deputy Editor at CalMatters, former Watchdog and Accountability Editor at San Diego Union-Tribune, and editor, reporter, columnist elsewhere
San Diego, CA
Joined March 2009
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ICYMI: How did ICE know about its top “worst of the worst” targets that launched nearly a month of aggressive immigration raids in LA and weeks of protests? The State of California told them, as required by law.
calmatters.org/justice/2025/… w/@ByrhondaLyons
How the state sent Californians’ personal health data to LinkedIn calmatters.org/health/2025/0…
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Can a new conservancy turn back the tide for the Salton Sea? California is betting half a billion dollars on a plan to clean up the polluted inland lake.
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Californians rejected an anti-slavery ballot measure. Lawmakers want to try again calmatters.org/justice/2025/…
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This #GivingTuesday help build California’s future. Fuel independent, unbiased news for all with a donation to our nonprofit newsroom today. All donations tripled to triple your impact. giving.classy.org/campaign/6…
Californians want the rent to be less damn high. Is Proposition 33 the solution? calmatters.org/commentary/20…
Important story. How will your representatives react? Most California Republicans in Congress won’t commit to certifying the 2024 presidential election calmatters.org/politics/elec…
CalMatters' Voters Guide, cool enough for this influencer @iamlorenp instagram.com/reel/DBd06Sfun…
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When it comes to voting for the California elections … I choose @CalMatters for unbiased coverage. Good stuff to be found here to make informed decisions.
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Advocates blame Black lawmakers for unsigned reparations bills, but Newsom deserves more scrutiny calmatters.org/commentary/20… via @damoseditor
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Commentary:
I wish I could say the state was making progress at healing old scars, but this brand of reparations is still in its infancy here. And there’s still racism, opposition, unfairness and bureaucratic bungling wrapped up... cal.news/3ZyvSB8
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Caltrans is selling hundreds of homes it bought for defunct road project, but some LA residents are being shut out calmatters.org/commentary/20…
‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach calmatters.org/environment/w…
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Article on voter data use by X to help Trump
Denise Smith Amos retweeted
Latest on #reparations for @PBSSoCal @CalMatters with @AsmLoriDWilson @AsmCoreyJackson ... I also spy @IAMFridayJones @KamilahVMoore and other task force members and participants in the video #socalmatters
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Exciting news: You can now read some @CalMatters content on the @AP wire. I'm very excited to see this partnership between AP and a great California newsroom! ap.org/media-center/press-re…
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An unhoused man in San Mateo tried to buy a $7 cheeseburger with credit cards he found at gas stations. He then tried to return the food and refund the charges. A judge set his bail at $75,000. Is that constitutional?
calmatters.org/justice/2024/…
Planned Parenthood sought a building permit. Then a California city changed zoning rules calmatters.org/california-di…
Anyone who's been burned on hot playground equipment or sweated going to recess can relate: California groups want to cool scorching schoolyards with more trees, less asphalt calmatters.org/california-di…
Denise Smith Amos retweeted
Grateful to make this list but deeply saddened to hear of two other crashes nationwide (FL and ID) in the past week that killed migrant workers.
Read our story about how California’s farmworker safety laws lost their effectiveness:
calmatters.org/politics/capi…
