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Stacy Estes in front of his home in Sacramento on April 7, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

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福利倡导者称，加州通过扣押儿童抚养费并在他们拖欠抚养费时收取高额利息，让低收入和少数族裔父母背上了无法偿还的债务，并为自己保留了高于平均水平的抚养费份额。负责监督儿童抚养费的机构负责人表示，州政府的改变需要立法行动，但有意义的改变未能在国会获得支持。

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Kate Cimini

• 5 月 3, 2021

Helen Duffy, back right, a West Oakland landlord holds up a sign decrying SB 91, a rent relief plan signed into law earlier that day by Gov. Gavin Newsom, during a vigil at the Elihu M. Harris, State of California office building in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2021. Housing advocates fear that the new plan will exclude vulnerable tenants and will not have equitable reach. Photo by Anne Wernikoff. CalMatters

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Capitol mum on eviction moratorium extension as renters seek more time

With two months left before California’s eviction moratorium ends June 30, political momentum isn’t on the side of tenants for an extension.

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杜赞奇

• 4 月 29, 2021

政治

今年加州立法机构会消除数字鸿沟吗？

立法者拥有更多的资金和政治意愿，但电信行业仍然可能阻碍所有加州人享受宽带。

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本·克里斯托弗

• 4 月 29, 2021

Kiki Hall, who lives in Southeast Fresno, shares an internet connection with as many as eight other people in her home throughout the day leading to slow connections and frequent outages. Photo courtesy of Samantha Phillips

教育

我们如何分析数百万加州学生缺乏宽带接入的原因

CalMatters 结合电信公司和学校监管机构的数据，建立了加州大部分地区 K-12 学校社区宽带采用率和可用性估算数据库。

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杰里米亚·基梅尔曼

• 4 月 28, 2021

Mario Ramírez Garcia, 10, listen as his teacher addresses the class during distance learning in the bedroom he shares with his sister on April 23, 2021. According to their father, the internet connection at their Oakland home cuts out about twice a week, which is especially frustrating to the kids when they are taking tests. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

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The wires may be there, but the dollars aren’t: Analysis shows why millions of California students lack broadband

As millions of Californians finish a frustrating “virtual” school year plagued by tech glitches, a CalMatters data analysis exposes affordability as a key barrier to broadband access, for rural and urban students.

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Ricardo Cano

• 4 月 28, 2021

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More than 2 million missing stimulus checks

A study finds people who didn’t file tax returns in the last three years could be missing out on federal and state stimulus dollars. But they still have a chance to claim some assistance ahead of the May 17 tax deadline.

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杜赞奇

• 4 月 23, 2021

A nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient inside the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System in Salinas, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

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Call this phone number to apply for FEMA COVID-19 funeral aid

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Kate Cimini

• 4 月 16, 2021

Yadira Michel, far left, Alonso Ceceñas, far right, and their four children with whom they share a one-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. Photo by Araceli Martínez Ortega

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Living without a job and under the harassment of the landlord

Alonso and his wife have been unable to afford rent during the pandemic. They share a one-bedroom apartment with their four children.

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Araceli Martinez Ortega

• 4 月 14, 2021

Silvia Hernandez plays with children at her daycare in Van Nuys on April 9,2021 photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

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Almost two months later, child care providers still waiting for relief checks

It could be mid-May or later before some child care providers get state stipends promised to them as part of a coronavirus relief package. Providers worry they may not be able to hold out that long.

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伊丽莎白·阿奎莱拉

• 4 月 13, 2021

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Salinas PD: Man arrested, charged with multiple counts of attempted murder

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Kate Cimini

• 4 月 12, 2021

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Covering income inequality across the state