February 16, 2023

EN RESUMEN Por primera vez, un nuevo informe estatal ofrece una vista panorámica de cuánto ha gastado el estado para detener el problema de la falta de vivienda: casi $10 mil millones en tres años. Del medio millón de californianos que hicieron uso de esos servicios, más del 40% terminó alojado. Lo que también significa […]

EN RESUMEN Defensores y legisladores piden comisiones totalmente independientes para decidir los distritos electorales de las ciudades y condados de California. Si bien alrededor de una docena de nuevas comisiones dibujaron mapas después del Censo de 2020, en muchos otros lugares, los políticos o sus designados lo hicieron. Read this article in English. En un […]

For the first time, a new state report offers a bird-eye view of how much the state has spent to halt homelessness — nearly $10 billion over three years. Of the half-million Californians who made use of those services, more than 40% ended up housed. Which also means the majority did not, or the state lost track of their whereabouts.

Advocates and lawmakers are calling for fully independent commissions to decide election districts for cities and counties across California. While about a dozen new commissions drew maps after the 2020 Census, in many other places, politicians or their appointees did.

The controversial construction of a taller border fence at Friendship Park at the California-Mexico border began this week. If completed, a once beautiful vista filled with joy, family and togetherness could become an ugly metaphor for U.S. immigration policy.

EN RESUMEN Las lluvias de enero inundaron campos de cultivo y huertas. Muchos trabajadores agrícolas de California perdieron semanas de pago. Los defensores dicen que el estado debería ayudarlos a sobrellevar tales crisis. Una propuesta destacada pagaría $300 por semana a los trabajadores indocumentados. Read this article in English. Lluvias torrenciales e inundaciones sumergieron pueblos […]

From CalMatters politics reporter Ben Christopher: In 2021, state lawmakers made a request: The newly convened California Interagency Council on Homelessness should put together a “comprehensive view of the homelessness response system.” In short, the legislators said: We’d like to know how much the state is spending to address its homelessness crisis, where the money […]

January’s rains flooded farm fields and orchards. Many California farmworkers lost weeks of pay. Advocates say the state should help them weather such crises. A leading proposal would pay $300 a week to undocumented workers.