Economic Inequality

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Push for menstrual equity legislation part of youth movement in California politics

Recent grassroots campaigns to increase access to menstrual products are part of a growing push by young, diverse communities in California to engage with the legislative process and create laws that span race, gender and sexual orientation.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 4 月 5, 2023

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Silicon Valley Bank promised a $9 billion investment in California communities. Will new owners honor it?

Two years ago, Silicon Valley Bank agreed to invest more than $9 billion to support low-income communities in California as part of its acquisition of Boston Private. After SVB collapsed, those who helped negotiate the community benefits agreement are calling on its new owners to honor the commitment.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 3 月 30, 2023

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California floods, bank collapse expose infrastructure woes and whose safety we value

The infrastructure problems facing California have been exposed this month as Silicon Valley's economy, the state's transit future and the Central Valley's floodplains faced various threats. The speed at which the state and others responded has been revealing.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 3 月 27, 2023

加州分水岭

California workers can’t get timely hearings on wage theft claims. State orders audit.

It takes the state nearly 800 days — four times longer than is legal — to handle wage claims. Lawmakers ordered an audit to start Sept. 1, if agency issues aren’t addressed by then.

经过 亚历杭德罗·拉佐 和 邝婧 • 3 月 22, 2023

环境

Who buys electric cars in California — and who doesn’t?

Communities with high concentrations of electric cars are affluent, college-educated and at least 75% white and Asian. In contrast, electric cars are almost nonexistent in Black, Latino, low-income and rural communities — revealing the enormous task that California faces electrifying the entire fleet.

经过 Nadia Lopez 和 余丽卡 • 3 月 22, 2023

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State may scale down its new home loan program designed to assist first-time homebuyers

Gov. Newsom wants to spend $300 million the first year, which could help about 2,300 buyers. But home prices are falling and mortgage rates are rising, complicating the launch.

经过 亚历杭德罗·拉佐 • 3 月 22, 2023

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Evictions rise, tenants scramble for help as LA County protections expire

L.A. County's tenant pandemic protections expire March 31. But already advocates predict a spike in evictions, as landlords seek financial recovery.

经过 亚历杭德拉·雷耶斯-维拉德 • 3 月 21, 2023

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How the California Reparations Task Force is crafting its recommendations

As the California Reparations Task Force finalizes its recommendations for the Legislature, a member lays out the committee's guiding principles and how their work aligns with international protocols and the examples set by other countries that provided reparations.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 3 月 21, 2023

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California colleges rush to get more students on food assistance before pandemic rule ends

Most college students don’t qualify for CalFresh, California’s food stamps program, despite high rates of food insecurity. A pandemic-era rule that made it easier to get aid ends soon.

经过 邝婧 和 米哈伊尔·津施坦 • 3 月 16, 2023

高等教育

Student housing: State’s promise to build more dorms hits setbacks

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to delay state funds to student housing because of the state’s budget deficit. Lawmakers have different ideas on what kind of compromise might be reached.

经过 米哈伊尔·津施坦 • 3 月 15, 2023