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Author Archives: Manuela Tobias

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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Lawyers address a judge in Madera County Superior Court in Madera on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2021. Photo by Larry Valenzuela for CalMatters
Posted inHousing

California lawmakers approved CARE Court. What comes next?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Manuela Tobias and Jocelyn Wiener September 8, 2022September 14, 2022
Abandoned businesses at a Fresno strip mall on Aug. 25, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inHousing

Gimme Shelter: What would California look like with housing on commercial strips?

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias September 7, 2022September 7, 2022
An abandoned strip mall in central Fresno on Aug. 25, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inCalMatters en Español

¿Proyectos de ley de vivienda acelerados y rivales? Los legisladores de California eligen ambos

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias August 26, 2022August 26, 2022
An abandoned strip mall in central Fresno on Aug. 25, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inHousing

Rival fast-track housing bills? California lawmakers pick both

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias August 26, 2022August 26, 2022
New housing construction in the Crocker Village neighborhood in Sacramento on Feb. 10, 2022. Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

Los sindicatos tienen una semana para acordar los proyectos de ley de vivienda. ¿Podrán lograrlo?

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias August 22, 2022August 22, 2022
New housing construction in the Crocker Village neighborhood in Sacramento on Feb. 10, 2022. Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
Posted inHousing

Labor unions have a week to agree on housing bills. Can they do it?

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias August 22, 2022August 21, 2022
Mitchell Friedeck stands outside the apartment complex where he and his three children live in Nipomo on Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMatters
Posted inHousing

Gimme Shelter: The limits of emergency housing vouchers in California

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias August 16, 2022August 16, 2022
Housing voucher recipient Mitchell Friedeck stands in the entrance to the two-bedroom apartment where he lives with his three children in Nipomo, an unincorporated town in San Luis Obispo County, on Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMatters
Posted inCalMatters en Español

¿Podría este programa renovado de Sección 8 ayudar a reducir la crisis de vivienda de California?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Manuela Tobias and Jeanne Kuang August 8, 2022May 2, 2023
Housing voucher recipient Mitchell Friedeck stands in the entrance to the two-bedroom apartment where he lives with his three children in Nipomo, an unincorporated town in San Luis Obispo County, on Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Julie Leopo for CalMatters
Posted inHousing

Could this COVID program help reduce the California housing crisis?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Manuela Tobias and Jeanne Kuang August 8, 2022May 2, 2023
A rental sign in front of an apartment complex in central Fresno on June 28, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
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How bad is California’s housing crisis for renters?

Avatar photo by Manuela Tobias July 27, 2022July 26, 2022

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