Jeremia Kimelman
@jeremiak.com
Data journalist at CalMatters. Union dude. Sacramento by way of SF and NYC. Where are we eating bagels next?
Good luck! Yall got this ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good luck! Yall got this ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
Dicey indeed!
@levisu.bsky.social has been _on_ this! The Insurance Commissioner and State Farm have been negotiating about insurance for months now. Here's some of her recent, previous reporting:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
More on calmatters.org too!
@levisu.bsky.social has been _on_ this! The Insurance Commissioner and State Farm have been negotiating about insurance for months now. Here's some of her recent, previous reporting:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
More on calmatters.org too!
How State Farm's emergency rate hike approval in California will affect you
State Farm can raise homeowner and other rates starting next month, becoming the first insurance company to win approval to do so on an emergency interim basis in California.
calmatters.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Dicey indeed!
@levisu.bsky.social has been _on_ this! The Insurance Commissioner and State Farm have been negotiating about insurance for months now. Here's some of her recent, previous reporting:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
More on calmatters.org too!
@levisu.bsky.social has been _on_ this! The Insurance Commissioner and State Farm have been negotiating about insurance for months now. Here's some of her recent, previous reporting:
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
More on calmatters.org too!
And then like anything else in the attention/cable news economy, Trump is in a league of his own.
July 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
And then like anything else in the attention/cable news economy, Trump is in a league of his own.
Reporting like this is only possible with lots (and lots) of donations
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July 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Posted and deleted this like three times because I got the mention wrong and then forgot (??) to put in the URL. Geez, I'm even worse at social media today than normal
July 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Posted and deleted this like three times because I got the mention wrong and then forgot (??) to put in the URL. Geez, I'm even worse at social media today than normal
Turns out it’s not always bad news! Hope you get some good results too
July 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Turns out it’s not always bad news! Hope you get some good results too
And as somebody who lives near the American River, this is _terrifying_:
“The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet within 45 minutes”
More than 6 inches a minute…
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
“The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet within 45 minutes”
More than 6 inches a minute…
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
Here's a timeline of the catastrophic Texas floods
NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.
www.npr.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
And as somebody who lives near the American River, this is _terrifying_:
“The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet within 45 minutes”
More than 6 inches a minute…
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
“The Guadalupe River rose 26 feet within 45 minutes”
More than 6 inches a minute…
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
Bond financing is a morass (or at least seems like one) that I haven’t dug into much… yet
July 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bond financing is a morass (or at least seems like one) that I haven’t dug into much… yet
Thanks for your continued support of what we’re up to at CalMatters :)
July 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thanks for your continued support of what we’re up to at CalMatters :)
But the major similarity I see between the two states: neither of the two currently provides much transparency if it's not accompanied by substantial, subsequent reporting.
So if you read some nonprofit journalism that you like maybe throw that newsroom a few $$? I _promise_ you that they need it.
So if you read some nonprofit journalism that you like maybe throw that newsroom a few $$? I _promise_ you that they need it.
July 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
But the major similarity I see between the two states: neither of the two currently provides much transparency if it's not accompanied by substantial, subsequent reporting.
So if you read some nonprofit journalism that you like maybe throw that newsroom a few $$? I _promise_ you that they need it.
So if you read some nonprofit journalism that you like maybe throw that newsroom a few $$? I _promise_ you that they need it.
TX doesn't require lobbyists to disclose what bills or issues they talk about in private meetings. CA does - sort of. There's a spot on the form where the lobbyist can write the topics discussed and many write bill numbers but not all.
I've seen a filing with the bills all combined like "AB12345"
I've seen a filing with the bills all combined like "AB12345"
July 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
TX doesn't require lobbyists to disclose what bills or issues they talk about in private meetings. CA does - sort of. There's a spot on the form where the lobbyist can write the topics discussed and many write bill numbers but not all.
I've seen a filing with the bills all combined like "AB12345"
I've seen a filing with the bills all combined like "AB12345"
Differences I noticed between Texas and California's disclosure requirements?
TX has a daily threshold for reporting gifts, under which they don't need to be disclosed. CA has an annual gift limit ($590 last year) capping the amount an official can receive from a single source.
TX has a daily threshold for reporting gifts, under which they don't need to be disclosed. CA has an annual gift limit ($590 last year) capping the amount an official can receive from a single source.
July 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Differences I noticed between Texas and California's disclosure requirements?
TX has a daily threshold for reporting gifts, under which they don't need to be disclosed. CA has an annual gift limit ($590 last year) capping the amount an official can receive from a single source.
TX has a daily threshold for reporting gifts, under which they don't need to be disclosed. CA has an annual gift limit ($590 last year) capping the amount an official can receive from a single source.
And since she's talking about Musk's companies: SpaceX, Tesla, and X all lobby California officials and last year they spent a combined total of nearly $660,0000, roughly the same amount for 2023.
July 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And since she's talking about Musk's companies: SpaceX, Tesla, and X all lobby California officials and last year they spent a combined total of nearly $660,0000, roughly the same amount for 2023.