Laurence Du Sault covers inequality and the income gap for The Mercury News as part of CalMatters' California Divide collaboration. She has reported on child welfare and police misconduct at the Investigative Reporting Program and holds a master's degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Laurence speaks French and Spanish and is a Report for America corps member.
Incluso con una moratoria de desalojo en todo el estado y un alivio de alquiler del gobierno, algunos inquilinos han acumulado grandes deudas sin salida.
Americans spent more on homes and reduced more in credit card debt than nearly ever before, but California experts say traditional indicators have failed to capture the pandemic's true toll, warning of a much more complicated — and unequal — debt story.