Melissa Montalvo

California Divide

Does Fresno’s new rule make it harder to help the homeless? Advocates pledge to fight

The new ordinance in Fresno says that anyone who enters a restricted abatement area could be charged with a misdemeanor or fined up to $250.

By Melissa Montalvo • February 11, 2022

CalMatters en Español

¿Reemplazando a Devin Nunes? Los candidatos republicanos toman postura sobre Trump, las escuelas y el aborto

En resumenSe llevará a cabo una elección especial para reemplazar a Devin Nunes, quien anunció que dejará el Congreso para administrar el nuevo sitio de redes sociales de Donald Trump. Read this article in English. El candidato que termine el último mandato del representante estadounidense Devin Nunes en el Distrito 22 del Congreso de California probablemente […]

By Melissa Montalvo • February 10, 2022

California Divide

Replacing Devin Nunes? Republican candidates take stands on Trump, schools, abortion

A special election will be held to replace Devin Nunes, who announced that he is leaving Congress to run Donald Trump’s new social media site.

By Melissa Montalvo • February 10, 2022

California Divide

‘Progress’ but ‘no cause for celebration’: How Fresno is tackling homelessness in 2022

Fresno added hundreds of shelter beds as well as transitional housing to unhoused residents. But leaders acknowledge there's more work to do.

By Melissa Montalvo • January 24, 2022

CalMatters en Español

Como una frase familiar, United Farm Workers lucha por crecer

Read this article in English. Cuando la máxima corte de la nación prohibió efectivamente a los representantes sindicales el acceso a los campos y huertas para reclutar trabajadores en junio pasado, el sindicato United Farm Workers acudió a Sacramento en busca de ayuda. El sindicato encontró a un legislador de un distrito agrícola costero dispuesto a […]

By Melissa Montalvo and Nigel Duara • January 18, 2022

California Divide

In familiar refrain, United Farm Workers grapples with how to grow

United Farm Workers membership has been down for years, so low that UC Merced researchers declared farmworker union membership statistically zero for 2020. Supporters say it’s too early to write the union’s obituary but UFW struggles to push its political agenda and grow its ranks.

By Melissa Montalvo and Nigel Duara • January 18, 2022

California Divide

Thousands of farmworkers will get pay raises thanks to a lawsuit

Guest farmworkers will see pay increases in 2022 thanks to a lawsuit to stop a Trump-era wage freeze. President Trump proposed the freeze in an attempt to help farmers who lost profit and fallowed land during the pandemic shutdown in 2020. But farmworker advocates sued the Department of Agriculture to stop the freeze from taking effect.

By Melissa Montalvo • December 2, 2021

CalMatters en Español

Miles de trabajadores agrícolas obtendrán aumentos salariales gracias a una demanda

EN RESUMEN Los trabajadores agrícolas invitados tendrán aumentos salariales en 2022 gracias a una demanda para detener la congelación salarial de la era Trump. El presidente Trump propuso la congelación en un intento de ayudar a los agricultores que experimentaron perdidas en sus ganancias y dejaron tierras en barbecho durante el cierre de la pandemia en […]

By Melissa Montalvo • December 2, 2021

California Divide

Should the community of Squaw Valley change its name?

Resident and activists are urging Fresno County change the name of Squaw Valley community. They say it's derogatory to Native American women.

By Melissa Montalvo • November 19, 2021

CalMatters en Español

¿Debería la comunidad de Squaw Valley cambiar su nombre?

EN RESUMEN Residentes y activistas instan al condado de Fresno a cambiar el nombre de la comunidad de Squaw Valley. Dicen que es despectivo para las mujeres nativas americanas. Read this article in English. Más de un año después de lanzar un esfuerzo para cambiar el nombre de la comunidad de Squaw Valley, un grupo de […]

By Melissa Montalvo • November 19, 2021

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