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Manuela Tobias

Housing Reporter

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 apartment complex under construction in Mountain View. Photo by Getty Images/iStock
Phuong Vo, a program director for the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, stands outside her office in Garden Grove, on Oct. 7, 2021. She is helping non-English speaking clients apply for rent relief. Photo by Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Demonstrators hold signs during a press conference at Fresno City Hall on April 8, 2021 held by the Right to Counsel coalition, which is seeking help on legal support and protection for renters. The California eviction moratorium ends after Thursday. Photo by John Walker, Fresno Bee
Rents and home prices have jumped in Fresno during the pandemic, creating another hot spot for the California housing crisis.
Jordan Lyric holds a rent strike poster in Los Angeles on May 6, 2021. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Two days after winning the recall election, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills designed to increase the supply of affordable housing. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group

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