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Author Archives: Meghan McCarty Carino, KPCC

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During election season mailboxes overflow with political advertisements like these, many of them bankrolled by special interests. Photo by Adriene Hill/California Dream
Posted inCalifornia Dream, Election 2018, Politics

How California initiatives went from “power to the people” to a big money game

Avatar by Meghan McCarty Carino, KPCC October 31, 2018June 23, 2020

In recent decades, California’s initiative process has come to be dominated by the very forces it was invented to avoid: special interests with lots of money.

Photo courtesy: Library of Congress
Posted inCalifornia Dream, Election 2018, Politics

Here’s whom to thank—or blame—for California’s version of direct democracy

Avatar by Meghan McCarty Carino, KPCC October 30, 2018June 23, 2020
Anti-poverty advocates say there is no consistent California transportation safety net to help struggling residents afford reliable transit. Photo via Metro-Los Angeles/Flickr.
Posted inCalifornia Dream, Homelessness, Poverty

How a transportation safety net could keep more people off the streets

Avatar by Meghan McCarty Carino, KPCC September 10, 2018June 23, 2020
Lakewood resident Jenny Gov drives three to four hours a day to her job in Santa Monica so during her off hours she sticks as close to home as possible.
Posted inCalifornia Dream, Housing, The High Cost of Housing, Transportation

Narrowed world: Traffic and pricey housing conspire to shrink our sliver of ‘paradise’

Avatar by Meghan McCarty Carino, KPCC July 3, 2018June 23, 2020
Arroyo Seco Parkway soon after opening, 1940.
Posted inCalifornia Dream, California Then & Now, Transportation

How California car culture killed the promise of a 20-minute commute

Avatar by Meghan McCarty Carino, KPCC April 5, 2018June 23, 2020
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