Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Other languages spoken: Spanish (intermediate); Mandarin (beginner)
Se estima que 750.000 californianos perderán los beneficios federales por desempleo el día después de Navidad, y 2,1 millones podrían perder sus hogares semanas después cuando se levante la moratoria de desalojo en todo el estado.
California voters rejected the Legislature’s decision to end cash bail. While it doesn’t mean the end of criminal justice reform, it does signal more work ahead.
Los votantes de California rechazaron la decisión de la Legislatura de poner fin a la fianza en efectivo. Si bien no significa el fin de la reforma de la justicia penal, sí indica más trabajo por delante.
El SB 1399 buscaba cambiar la forma en que se paga a los trabajadores de la industria clandestina de la confección de Los Ángeles. Pero este ciclo legislativo fracasó ante la fuerte oposición de las empresas.
SB 1399 sought to change how workers are paid in the underground Los Angeles garment industry. But this legislative cycle it failed in the face of strong business opposition.
Un vacío legal en la moratoria de desalojos del estado obliga a cientos de personas a abandonar sus hogares después de la orden de quedarse en casa. Sin órdenes estatales claras, los departamentos del alguacil deciden si ejecutan los desalojos.
A loophole in the state eviction moratorium forces hundreds from their homes after shelter-in-place orders. Without clear state orders, sheriff departments decide whether to evict.
Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Other languages spoken: Spanish (intermediate); Mandarin (beginner)