calmatters.org

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calmatters.org

CalMatters - California Politics, Policy, and Political NewsCalMatters is the leading nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom committed to explaining California politics and policy.

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Explicación de la Proposición 38 en las elecciones de California de 2026The latest video on its YouTube channel

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Truth score

Truth score 64 out of 100, Mixed truth signals. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say

64/ 100

Mixed truth signals

Business details

Category: News and magazines
Sells to: The public
Licensed trade: No licence normally needed
Domain age: 12 years
Address: 1017 L St, #261 Sacramento, CA 95814
Email address: info@calmatters.org
Phone number: +1 916-502-9986
Contact page: calmatters.org/about/contact-us/
Website: calmatters.org
Social media

Customer reviews

No reviews foundWe looked on Trustpilot, SmartCustomer, G2, Capterra, Reviews.io and Feefo

Customer satisfactionNot enough reviews to sayFrom independent reviews, weighed by their number

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Summary

Is calmatters.org legit and trustworthy? Truth score 64 out of 100, mixed truth signals: 6 of 11 public checks clear, 1 not found, 4 for information. Legitimacy confidence: mixed. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say.

We read 3 of its pages: contact, about and privacy. Its website address was registered 12 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find social media profiles or a customer rating.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

Positives

We read 3 of its pages · contact, about and privacy.
Its website address was registered 12 years ago.
No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Not found

Social presence information was not found from our checks.
Reviews information was not found from our checks.

Our technical team has been informed.

What they offer

CalMatters is the leading nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom committed to explaining California politics and policy.

— CalMatters, in their own words

What makes them different: “We are the only journalism outlet dedicated to covering America’s biggest state, 39 million Californians and the world’s fifth largest economy.” Its about page

Getting help

CalMatters offers support and help through their help page, which can be found in the sources below.

SourcesIts homepage Its about page Manage your donation

Latest YouTube video

Correct as of 31 Oct 2026, 01:11

How to check if calmatters.org is legit

To check if calmatters.org is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about calmatters.org; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are

Company detailsBased in the US; serves the US

Country

Where the company is based: US
Why we believe that: the site's structured data states its country, its legal pages give an address in United States, its phone number starts +1, its postcode is a US zip code
Which countries the company serves: US
Why we believe that: $ prices on its homepage, it publishes pages in 2 languages

Better Business Bureau

Better Business Bureau profile: Not found

From Wikipedia

Type (Wikipedia): 501(c)(3) organization

SourcesWikipedia

Domain registrationIts website address was registered 12 years ago

Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else

Domain age: 12 years
Domain transfer lock enabled: Yes

Website detailsWe read 3 of its pages: contact, about and privacy

Company contact email is available
Company contact phone number is available

HTTPS enabled: Yes
Contact phone number found: +1 916-502-9986
Contact page found: Contact page

What its pages say

Quoted word for word from calmatters.org.

In their own words: “Jeremia Kimelman, data reporter at CalMatters, asks a question during an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Political Reform Act at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento on Sept. CalMatters explains California policy and politics from a nonpartisan and editorially independent viewpoint. We let truth, fairness and accuracy guide our work by keeping open minds, questioning our assumptions and seeking out varying points of view from the diverse communities of California.” About page

SourcesHomepage About page Contact page Privacy page

Reputation and track record

Customer reviewsWe found no page for it on any review website, such as Trustpilot

Platform	Rating	Reviews
Trustpilot	Not found
SmartCustomer	Not found
G2	Not found
Capterra	Not found
Reviews.io	Not found
Feefo	Not found
Trustindex	Not found
Google	Not checked

App StoreIts app, CalMatters, is on Apple's App Store.

App: CalMatters
App Store page: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/calmatters/id6475375084

Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months

Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
It is among the 100,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)

Monthly visitor data

Popularity among Chrome users: top 500,000 sites
First known user traffic: Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24: 24
Traffic pattern: sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months: none
Rank drop in the last 12 months: top 50,000 to top 500,000 by 2026-08

Cloudflare Radar

Popularity across the internet: top 100,000 sites

Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page

Wikipedia page: yes

SourcesWikipedia

Social presenceIts website links to its profiles on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube

Its YouTube channel has 15,400 subscribers and 609 videos, the latest uploaded on 20 Oct 2026

Platform	Profile	Audience
Facebook	Profile	Unknown
Instagram	Profile	Unknown
X	Profile	Unknown
LinkedIn	Profile	Unknown
YouTube	Profile	15,400 subscribers
TikTok	Profile	12,900 followers

YouTube channel: 609 videos, 15,400 subscribers, last upload 20 Oct 2026

What data this site collects about you

Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Google Ads

Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.

Google Analytics: Counts your visits and what you look at.
Google Tag Manager: Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.
Google Ads: Tracks what you do to show you Google adverts.

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.