Levi Sumagaysay

Rhymes with Chevy. Economy reporter at @CalMatters. [email protected] | Now posting on @levisu.bsky.social, [email protected] and LinkedIn.

[Lauren Hepler @LAHepler]

Excited to talk with @KQEDForum at 10am PT about our new investigation on California’s COVID unemployment mess.

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Background: https://t.co/RLyIRZz4SP

[Furman Center @FurmanCenterNYU]

@NPR @KirkSiegler @npratc @ailsachang @THECITYNY @JonnyCustodio Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order for “prompt regulatory action” to address the plight of CA homeowners facing problems with home and fire insurance. But at its present pace, help for residents may not arrive until 2026 via @CalMatters's @levisu https://t.co/uzOgn6gPQz

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

California homeowner Donna Yutzy in Butte County will pay higher premiums — almost $7,000 a year for both fire and home insurance — because she doesn’t want to risk having no fire insurance.

📸 @manuelorbegozo 1/5

[Foon Rhee @foonrhee]

Today's @CalMatters newsletter @bystellayu
-- @JeanneKuang on @CaliforniaDSS fail on #EBT theft
-- @CFA_United @IBTlocal2010 vs @calstate
-- @levisu on @CDInews @ICRicardoLara wildfire insurance plan
-- @GavinNewsom approval drops in @BerkeleyIGS poll
https://t.co/AEiJ2jxfI2

[Levi Sumagaysay @levisu]

ICYMI, my story on CA's massive unemployment insurance debt — and why the pandemic only made a perpetual problem worse.

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

California’s unemployment insurance debt, which ballooned during the pandemic, is in dire straits with no clear path forward, @levisu reports. https://t.co/PzR4uVdNur

[Jeremia Kimelman @jeremiak]

The money is pouring in for the leading Democrats vying for California's Senate seat with a few months to go until the March primary.

How much did they raise and where from? Check out the newest from @bystellayu and me to learn more

https://t.co/iZk8yjtwWg

[Jeanne Kuang @JeanneKuang]

Analysts say that for the first time during a period of job growth, California’s unemployment insurance fund will have fewer contributions coming in than benefits being paid out

By @levisu

https://t.co/oxPxXgtDeH

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

A new element in the Cruise autonomous vehicle suspension: The CHP was in the room with the DMV and Cruise representatives after the San Francisco dragging incident. Here's what the CHP says about the meeting: https://t.co/I0Di8T46Le

📝 @levisu
📸 Achille Abboud

[Foon Rhee @foonrhee]

Today's @CalMatters newsletter from @lynnlaaa
-- @mzinshteyn on @CFA_United strike vote @calstate
-- @levisu on @CA_EDD debt @CalChamber @CaliforniaLabor
-- @levisu on @CHP_HQ @Cruise crash report
-- @AdamEchelman on @CalCommColleges student needs $$$
https://t.co/hChVw9tRGk

[Lynn La @lynnlaaa]

Today's @CalMatters newsletter:
• @GavinNewsom meets President Xi
• @AlejandroLazo on CA and China's climate change relationship
• @levisu on @AGRobBonta, others suing @Meta
• @RA_Becks on federal CO River report
• @FromBenC on SF's housing failure
https://t.co/15EZMYEQJm

[Jeremia Kimelman @jeremiak]

After one of Cruise’s robotaxis dragged a hit and run victim in SF, the CA DMV and CPUC suspended the licenses for the entire 150 car fleet @levisu reports.

https://t.co/ugI3VOxPDA

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

What the twin suspensions from the DMV and the Public Utilities Commission mean for Cruise’s robotaxis https://t.co/JYrJ5xBLt7

📝 @levisu

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

In the first application season since generative AI tools like ChatGPT have become widely available, colleges and high schools are grappling with the ethical and practical implications of text-writing technology. https://t.co/O5fd6CyDGF

📝 @carolynjones100 & @mzinshteyn

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

Your favorite perfume, nail polish or hair dye may have to undergo a makeover by 2027 if it has one of 26 potentially toxic ingredients now banned by California. 1/3

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

A new California law will ban over two dozen chemicals from fragrances and cosmetics. It’s another first-in-the-nation law — and another instance of California following European Union regulators. https://t.co/omhup0qXns

📝 @levisu

[Foon Rhee @foonrhee]

Today's @CalMatters newsletter by @lynnlaaa
-- @GavinNewsom bill actions: @levisu on @AsmFriedmanCA cosmetics + @JeanneKuang on @ib2_real foster children $$
-- Shreya Agrawal on #ClimateCrisis anxiety @MyCASC
-- @CAJewishCaucus on #IsraelUnderAttack
https://t.co/HyD6jjRdeA

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

Breaking: Newsom vetoes caste discrimination bill.

Neither the draw of making California the first state to pass such a law, nor the month-long hunger strike by supporters persuaded Newsom. https://t.co/tq7Rq7ZRqq

📝 @SameeaKamal

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

The Legislative Analyst’s Office isn’t “necessarily in the business of calling a California recession,” said Brian Uhler, deputy legislative analyst — but it is sounding an alarm about a looming downturn. https://t.co/Z4hufCvX1B

📝 @levisu
📸 Pablo Unzueta

[Foon Rhee @foonrhee]

Today's @CalMatters newsletter by @lynnlaaa
-- @VP @KamalaHarris @SpeakerPelosi et al honor @SenFeinstein
-- @FromBenC scoop on @California_HCD rent relief $$
-- @levisu on @LAO_CA possible recession alarm
-- @FromBenC on @californiapuc #rooftopsolar
https://t.co/sLTT5jqEE6

[Levi Sumagaysay @levisu]

This is a great look at the gig-ification of health care. (And it mentions a story I wrote about a piece of it: https://t.co/2U6q8Mh9Va )

[The Markup @themarkup]

Uber but…to hire nurses?

Gig work is making its way into health care and appears to be already harming workers and patients alike.

NEW with @19thnews:
https://t.co/EHjSqKP3tz