Lauren Hepler

Workers from across California share how challenges with EDD unemployment benefits led to lost housing, debt and family struggles.

Trabajadores de todo California comparten cómo los desafíos con los beneficios de desempleo del EDD llevaron a la pérdida de viviendas, deudas y luchas familiares.

California’s homeless shelter security industry is opening a new front in the housing crisis that’s ripe for abuse but thin on oversight.

The Supreme Court’s decision on homelessness will test a shelter system that’s full of problems – and lacking accountability.

CalMatters challenges LA homeless authority’s argument that shelter complaint reports are exempt from public disclosure.

California's unemployment system crashed during the pandemic. Now, the system continues to see fraud and questions about its funding model.

Los residentes desempleados enfrentan a nuevas batallas contra el fraude. El sistema pierde dinero y se lleva a cabo una reforma tecnológica

Internal reports on deaths, disease, abuse and overdoses will give the public a rare glimpse inside taxpayer-funded shelters.

California’s homeless shelters are supposed to be safe havens. But records show they’re ineffective — and rife with abuse and scandal.

A hidden epidemic of death lurks in California's homeless shelters, where violence and unhealthy conditions drive people back on the streets.

California considers more homeless shelter oversight