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Manuela Tobias

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Manuela is our former Housing Reporter whose stories focused on the political dynamics and economic and racial inequities that contribute to the housing crisis in California and its potential solutions. Manuela previously covered income inequality and survival at The Fresno Bee for the California Divide. She is a former staff writer for PolitiFact and has interned at Politico Magazine, New York Magazine and The New Yorker. Originally from Buenos Aires, she has lived in Latin America, Europe and across the United States. She has a B.A. in comparative literature from Georgetown University.

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A mountain lion sits in a tree in the Santa Cruz mountains on Jan. 11, 2010. Photo courtesy of Bay Area Puma Project/Felidae Conservation Fund
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La historia sobre vivienda más salvaje de California en 2022: los leones de montaña versus los dúplex
EN RESUMEN En el nuevo episodio de “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast”, Manuela Tobias de CalMatters y Liam Dillon de Los Angeles Times eligen la historia de vivienda más salvaje de California de 2022: cómo una ciudad de California casi usó pumas para eludir una nueva ley de vivienda. Gimme Shelter: The California […]
By • December 2, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom explains why he withheld, then released, $1 billion for local governments to reduce California homelessness. The two sides met in Sacramento on Nov. 18, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
CalMatters en Español
¿Por qué Newsom cedió y liberó $1,000 millones a los planes locales para personas sin hogar pese a que los consideraba poco ambiciosos?
EN RESUMEN El gobernador provocó el caos en las comunidades hace dos semanas al retener $1,000 millones en fondos para personas sin hogar por planes que consideró poco ambiciosos. Pero los funcionarios locales dijeron que la asignación en sí desalentaba la ambición. Ahora Newsom está cediendo. Read this article in English. Dos semanas después de […]
By • November 21, 2022
Victoria Gonzalez-Gerlach interviews an unhoused person during Sacramento's Point-in-time count of the homeless population in the city on Feb. 24, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Housing
California homeless population grew by 22,000 over pandemic
The latest point-in-time count of California’s homeless population shows that it increased at roughly the same pace as previous years, although it appears to have disproportionately affected Latinos. Experts say homelessness interventions are paying off but “the inflow is killing us.”
By • October 6, 2022

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Manuela is our former Housing Reporter whose stories focused on the political dynamics and economic and racial inequities that contribute to the housing crisis in California and its potential solutions. Manuela previously covered income inequality and survival at The Fresno Bee for the California Divide. She is a former staff writer for PolitiFact and has interned at Politico Magazine, New York Magazine and The New Yorker. Originally from Buenos Aires, she has lived in Latin America, Europe and across the United States. She has a B.A. in comparative literature from Georgetown University.
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