Erika Paz

While California faces extreme labor stratification, unions represent just 16% of workers. Would more unions in the private-sector reduce inequality or raise costs?

En resumen Para ayudar a aliviar la escasez de viviendas en el estado, California comenzó recientemente a rastrear lotes de propiedad pública que podrían convertirse en viviendas asequibles. En su primer año, la agencia estatal de vivienda ha citado dos estadios deportivos importantes — Angel Stadium en Anaheim y Pechanga Arena en San Diego — […]

To help alleviate the state’s housing shortage, California recently began tracking publicly owned lots that could be turned into affordable homes. In its first year, the state housing agency has cited two major sports arenas—Angel Stadium in Anaheim and Pechanga Arena in San Diego—for cutting backroom development deals with developers that shortchanged the public on affordable units. The agency is now investigating Oakland Coliseum in Oakland.

En resumen Un nuevo informe encontró una disminución dramática en la dependencia de los californianos por los préstamos de día de pago como resultado directo de la asistencia del gobierno debido a la pandemia, que incluye beneficios de desempleo, alivio de pago de renta, moratorias de desalojo, cheques de estímulo e indulgencia de préstamos. Pero […]

A new report found a dramatic decrease in Californians’ reliance on payday loans as a direct result of pandemic-related government assistance, including unemployment benefits, rent relief, eviction moratoriums, stimulus checks and loan forbearance. But experts warn that use of payday loans is expected to rebound once government assistance ends.

En resumen El alto costo de la vivienda y el cuidado infantil de California está creando una carga tal para las familias trabajadoras que millones de hogares no ganan lo suficiente para satisfacer sus necesidades más básicas. United Ways of California, que publicó el estudio, aboga por ampliar la elegibilidad para que la asistencia no […]

California’s high cost of housing and child care are creating such a burden on working families that millions of households don’t make enough to meet their most basic necessities. The United Ways of California, which put out the study, advocates for expanding eligibility so assistance doesn’t fall off just as families attain economic stability.

A bill aims to create new rules for California's mostly unregulated debt settlement industry. AB 1405, expected to pass through Senate committees, comes at a time when the industry expects to see a 75% increase in account enrollment.