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Category: California Dream

Bobbie Harrison outside the Sierra Wind Wellness and Recovery Center in Jackson, where she works. Photo by Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio
Posted inCalifornia Dream

Amador County builds community college pipeline for mental health workers

Avatar by Sammy Caiola, Capital Public Radio October 15, 2019October 15, 2019
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Black people disproportionately homeless in California

by Kate Cimini October 5, 2019March 5, 2020
Jovan Bravo, 31, at the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration headquarters. He's one of 125 residents receiving $500 a month from the pilot project.
Posted inPoverty

‘Basic income’ experiment offers Stockton residents a glimpse of the California Dream

Avatar by Sammy Caiola, Capital Public Radio October 3, 2019October 15, 2019
Shawnda Thornton, who has been homeless for about three years, lives in Venice, CA. Photo courtesy of Coley King.
Posted inCalifornia Dream

‘Sicker than the rest of us’ — More docs making house calls to people without houses

Avatar by Matt Tinoco, KPCC September 27, 2019October 2, 2019
Allen Burnett, who just had his sentence commuted after 27 years in prison, said after he started working toward a B.A., his stepdaughter was inspired to enroll at Cal State LA, and his nieces and nephews have since started going to school. Photos by J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LA
Posted inJustice

A college education in prison opens path to freedom

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED September 25, 2019September 25, 2019
The feet of Mr. Murphy, who has been on Skid Row for a year. Outreach workers are not sure where he came from. Photos by Dan Morain for CALmatters
Posted inHealth

California’s homeless crisis all too often is a health crisis

Avatar by Guest Commentary September 15, 2019September 13, 2019
Inspired in part by the success of the approach in San Mateo County, some California lawmakers want to bring college classes to juvenile detention facilities around California. Photo via iStock
Posted inCalifornia Dream

A path to college for kids in juvenile detention

Avatar by Vanessa Rancano, KQED August 28, 2019August 28, 2019
Kaye, who asked that we not use her last name, continues to receive a monthly rental subsidy from the City of Santa Monica as part of a pilot program to help seniors stay in their homes. Photo by Amita Sharma
Posted inCalifornia Dream

California looks to Santa Monica as it ramps up rent subsidies for seniors

Avatar by Amita Sharma, KPBS August 27, 2019August 27, 2019
Patsy’s Irish Pub in Mission Viejo, where 55 % of young adults in this part of Orange County live at home. Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG
Posted inHousing

Nearly 40 percent of young adult Californians live with their parents. Here’s everything to know about them

Avatar by Matt Levin August 25, 2019October 28, 2019
Julieta Aquino in her own bedroom, which she helped build, in Fremont on June 17, 2019. She previously shared a bed with her teenage daughter in a 2 bedroom condo with 8 other people. Photo by Stephanie Lister/KQED
Posted inCalifornia Dream

DIY affordable housing: How this Bay Area woman helped build her dream home

Avatar by Matthew Green, KQED August 21, 2019October 28, 2019

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