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Jacqueline Garcia

Jacqueline Garcia is a reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. She is based at La Opinion newspaper in Los Angeles, where she has covered issues ranging from immigration and politics to health and education. Previously, she reported for Hispanic Link News Service in Washington D.C., Noticias 62 [KRCA Estrella TV] and Eastern Group Publications [EGP News] in Los Angeles. Garcia is originally from Puebla, Mexico and until 2017—when she gained her legal residency—she was a participant in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. She graduated from Cal State Northridge with a B.A. in broadcast journalism and a minor in Spanish language journalism.

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California Divide
Governor vetoes bill extending protections to domestic workers
Socorro Diaz, who has worked cleaning houses for 17 years, was still trying to digest Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of a bill that would have provided protections for domestic workers. “I am very angry, very sad because I know that my work is worthy and deserves respect,” said Diaz. SB 1257, which was approved by […]
By • October 1, 2020
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CalMatters en Español
Los trabajadores domésticos piden al gobernador que amplíe las protecciones en el lugar de trabajo
Hello! We’re publishing more of our work in Spanish to better serve our diverse state. Make sure to click here to read the article in English. Activistas y trabajadores domésticos piden al gobernador Gavin Newsom que firme un proyecto de ley que extendería los requisitos de trabajo seguro a 13 millones de hogares de California que emplean […]
By and • September 23, 2020
California Divide
Domestic workers ask governor to extend workplace protections
Lea este artículo en español. Activists and domestic workers are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would extend safe work requirements to 13 million California households employing domestic help such as housekeepers and gardeners. Known as the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, the bill was approved by the Legislature on Aug. […]
By • September 23, 2020
A tent encampment in the Skid Row district of Los Angeles on August 7, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
California Divide
Los Angeles Women’s Center tackles female homelessness
Despite the havoc the COVID-19 pandemic has caused by canceling countless events across the nation, the Downtown Los Angeles Women’s Center (DWC) is holding a virtual campaign to raise funds to help homeless women. Unlike previous years when a gala was organized, this year the “Together Housed” campaign began on Sunday, September 6 and will […]
By • September 18, 2020
A man reaches for his food at the McDonalds drive-thru window. Image via iStock
California Divide
Workers demand McDonald’s to provide better working conditions
Activists joined workers at a McDonald’s in Boyle Heights last week demanding management to return jobs back to four employees after they went on a strike over lack of safety and security at a store during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lizzet Aguilar, 35, one of the strikers, said when the pandemic hit, the McDonald’s where she […]
By • September 17, 2020
Residents and activists protest outside Sun Valley's LADWP plant . Photo by Andrés Rivera, Pacoima Beautiful
California Divide
Sun Valley Residents: ‘We want the methane leak to stop’
Maria Madrigal has lived in Sun Valley, in the San Fernando Valley, for the last 33 years. Recently she learned that the Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Valley Generating Station — adjacent to her neighborhood — has been emitting a methane leak for several months. That is a big concern for her because she […]
By • September 9, 2020

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