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A housekeeper cleans a room at the Colonial Motel in Santa Maria on July 15, 2020. The motel is one of the locations where Alco Harvesting houses H-2A farmworkers. Photo by Len Wood, Santa Maria Times

First county announces new COVID-19 protections for temporary ag workers

by Jackie Botts September 17, 2020October 7, 2020

Santa Barbara County adopts new rules aimed at preventing COVID-19 outbreaks among H-2A farmworkers. The move comes amid reports of outbreaks, including a monthlong investigation by CalMatters and The Salinas Californian that uncovered outbreaks that sickened more than 350.

Earlier this week, the Legislature approved AB 826, which allows nonprofits, such as food banks, to distribute $600 prepaid grocery cards to each qualified adult regardless of immigration status. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Undocumented immigrants could qualify for $600 if Newsom signs pandemic assistance bill

by Jacqueline Garcia September 5, 2020September 5, 2020

For some California teens, school closures led to work in the fields

by Elizabeth Aguilera June 22, 2020October 21, 2020

DACA recipient Flor Martinez attends a rally following President Trump's rescinding of the program in 2017. Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could not halt the program, affects nearly 200,000 California 'Dreamers.' Photo by Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group

Supreme Court bars Trump from ending DACA — what it means for California ‘Dreamers’

by Mikhail Zinshteyn June 18, 2020July 1, 2020

A worker at the Firehouse Clinic looks out a window at a testing site for the COVID-19 virus along Huntwood Avenue near Fire Station 7 in Hayward. The state is now allowing all uninsured Californians to be tested and treated for COVID-19 at community clinics and health centers, regardless of immigration status. Photo by Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group

California’s undocumented workers to get $125 million coronavirus disaster relief

by Ana B. Ibarra April 15, 2020April 16, 2020

For the greater good: Coronavirus border closure keeps immigrants from seeing families

by Kate Cimini April 1, 2020April 10, 2020

‘We live paycheck to paycheck’: Undocumented workers struggle as economy grinds to a halt

by Jacqueline Garcia and Jackie Botts March 24, 2020April 20, 2020

Censoteria, a card game developed at La Luz in Sonoma, is based off of the familiar La Loteria game and helps to engage community members with civics, the census and public services. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Coronavirus, citizenship and the census: California fears an undercount

by Elizabeth Castillo March 16, 2020March 19, 2020

Young immigrants face fee increase for DACA renewal

by Jacqueline Garcia February 12, 2020March 5, 2020

‘Not the Golden State anymore’: Middle- and low-income people leaving California

by Kate Cimini January 8, 2020May 19, 2020