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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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An abandoned strip mall in central Fresno on Aug. 25, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
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¿Proyectos de ley de vivienda acelerados y rivales? Los legisladores de California eligen ambos
En resumen Después de semanas de negociación, dos importantes sindicatos de la construcción no llegaron a un compromiso sobre los proyectos de ley que se basaban en la conversión de terrenos zonificados comercialmente en viviendas. Los legisladores se felicitaron entre sí de todos modos. Read this article in English. Durante años, los legisladores del estado […]
By • August 26, 2022
New housing construction in the Crocker Village neighborhood in Sacramento on Feb. 10, 2022. Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters
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Los sindicatos tienen una semana para acordar los proyectos de ley de vivienda. ¿Podrán lograrlo?
En resumen Algunos de los grupos más poderosos del estado se encuentran en un callejón sin salida con respecto a la legislación clave en cuanto a vivienda. Es probable que los políticos tengan que elegir entre alienar a un sindicato poderoso y optimizar el desarrollo de viviendas asequibles. Read this article in English. A días […]
By • August 22, 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
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¿Podría este programa renovado de Sección 8 ayudar a reducir la crisis de vivienda de California?
En resumen Un programa de vales de vivienda de emergencia ofrece mejoras a la solución federal de hace décadas para la crisis de asequibilidad de la vivienda, pero la renuencia de los propietarios sigue siendo un obstáculo crucial. Read this article in English. Los vales de la Sección 8 han sido una de las respuestas […]
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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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