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A "for sale" sign is posted in front of a home in Sacramento on March 3, 2022. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

California approved $300 million in state-backed home loans. Who got the money?

by Alejandro Lazo and Ben Christopher April 11, 2023April 11, 2023

A Reparations Task Force Meeting at San Diego State on Jan. 28, 2023. Photo by Ariana Drehsler, CalMatters

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California’s reparations task force could face uphill battle in legislature

by Wendy Fry April 11, 2023April 10, 2023

Amy and her adopted children inside their home in Pine Valley on Apr. 1, 2023. Photo by Kristian Carreon for CalMatters

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California child welfare agencies under fire for pocketing foster kids’ Social Security money

by Jeanne Kuang April 5, 2023April 5, 2023

A kitchen staffer works behind the counter of a restaurant in Los Angeles on June 8, 2021. Photo by Pablo Unzueta fro CalMatters

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California workers can’t get timely hearings on wage theft claims. State orders audit.

by Alejandro Lazo and Jeanne Kuang March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

A real estate sign in front of a home in the Tower District in central Fresno on June 28, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

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State may scale down its new home loan program designed to assist first-time homebuyers

by Alejandro Lazo March 22, 2023April 19, 2023

Irma Cervantes at Atlantic Avenue Park in East Los Angeles on March 2, 2023. “It’s difficult to move because I do not have a job at the moment,” Cervantes said, who used to do janitorial work at the convention centers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. “I just want to find a way to pay the rent without getting harassed.” Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters

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Evictions rise, tenants scramble for help as LA County protections expire

by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde March 21, 2023March 23, 2023

Jocelyn Gonzalez Fierros, a Chico State University student, at her residence in Chico on March 15, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

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California colleges rush to get more students on food assistance before pandemic rule ends

by Jeanne Kuang and Mikhail Zinshteyn March 16, 2023March 15, 2023

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents transfer an immigrant after an early morning raid in Duarte on June 6, 2022. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

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California bill would fund deportation defense for all immigrants, including those with felonies

by Wendy Fry March 16, 2023April 19, 2023

Michelle Hackett at the entrance to Riverview Farms in Salinas that flooded in the mid-March storms. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMatters

As emergency aid flows to flooded-out Californians, will thousands get the help they need?

by Lauren Hepler, Nicole Foy and Wendy Fry March 15, 2023March 28, 2023

Anneisha Williams in El Segundo on Feb. 20, 2023. Williams decided to stop using traditional banking systems after a bank declined to refund her for money stolen out of her account by a hacker. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

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Helping the ‘unbanked’: California mulls entering banking business to serve disadvantaged consumers

by Wendy Fry March 9, 2023May 2, 2023