June 22, 2023

An Ojai City Councilmember moved out of her district after losing her home and is in danger of losing her seat. She and her supporters say it’s a dramatic demonstration of California’s affordable housing crisis.

EN RESUMEN Los proveedores dicen que es posible que las empresas de cuidado infantil en el hogar deban cerrar si el estado continúa pagando muy poco en subsidios para el cuidado de los menores. Read this article in English. Los hijos de Gabriela Guerrero ya son adultos y se han mudado, pero la ex ama […]

Providers say home daycare businesses may need to close if the state continues paying too little in child care subsidies.

Every rung of the cannabis supply chain in California is regressing as the illicit market continues to outpace the legal one. Excessive taxes and local control are to blame, argues a cannabis industry member.

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Most of what Californians experience with homelessness occurs along public spaces and city streets. With more than 170,000 unhoused people in the state, residents often see the crisis reflected in encampment tents along a roadside or panhandling on street corners. But one aspect of homelessness has surprisingly presented itself in Ojai, a small mountain valley […]