California Divide
California helped this teen fight deportation. Now the program is on the chopping block
State funds to legally advocate for unaccompanied immigrant children could soon dry up.
How hungry is California? Millions struggle to eat well in an abundant state
How bad is California hunger? A lot depends on your access to food aid, which expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic but is being reduced.
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10 years later, California may finally allow undocumented immigrants cell service subsidies
Advocates say the California Public Utilities Commission’s 10-year-old promise to make the state’s cell phone service subsidy program available to undocumented immigrants could be fulfilled in November.
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In this California prison, inmates who operate a restaurant for their guards and others ‘rely on each other’
The venture, launched by a venerable San Francisco foundation, counts former Governor Jerry Brown and current Governor Gavin Newsom among its supporters.
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A California court just granted an ag giant a win. It could jeopardize new farm union law
A judge has halted a union effort at the Wonderful Company, throwing into question a new state law designed to make it easier for agricultural workers to organize.
Capitol
California says ICE detainees have labor rights. They earn $1 a day scrubbing bathrooms
California failed to ban private detention centers. Now, it’s focusing on their working conditions, for immigrants who toil for $1 a day.
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Inland Empire leaders see ‘buffet of hate’ as discriminatory attacks and bias increase
Hate crimes always increase during presidential election years, but the targets of vitriol and discrimination vary with the political rhetoric, say experts at a community forum in the Inland Empire.
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State inspectors are supposed to visit all farmworker housing to ensure its safety. Sometimes they used FaceTime instead
The number of agricultural guest workers has risen dramatically in California. But state regulators have struggled to ensure that farms are providing safe housing to their workers.
Politics
Californians will decide — in 2024 — whether to ban slavery. What will the measure do?
California's constitution allows forced labor as a form of criminal punishment. That would change if voters approve an anti-slavery amendment this fall.
Education
The effort to bring back affirmative action in limited form is dead
The measure’s author said it would compete with other priorities this year, including an effort to fend off a proposed constitutional amendment to punish retail thieves and another to restrict forced labor in prisons. He wants to propose it for a future election season.
Technology
Still need your landline? California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug
The California Public Utilities Commission rejected the telecom’s bid to stop providing service in many parts of the state.