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Tag: California Divide

Maya Brady in her Sacramento apartment she shares with her partner on Dec. 3, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Finally, rent relief for a graduate starting out in the job market

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts January 8, 2021January 11, 2021

Maya and her girlfriend count themselves lucky to have received rent relief through the federal CARES Act. Now the pressure is on the recent graduate to get hired and stay on top of rent.

Teresa Trabucco and her son are photographed in front of the door of their home.
Posted inCalifornia Divide

How California renters are bracing for an eviction tsunami

Nigel Duara by Nigel Duara December 6, 2020December 11, 2020
Aleida Ramirez photographed with daughter on a couch in their home.
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Job loss, rent increase tow a single mother’s finances under

by Laurence Du Sault December 6, 2020January 21, 2021
Patricia Mendoza stands with her two children, Erik and Alejandra in the backyard of their Imperial Beach apartment on Dec. 10, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters.
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Gasping for air in the face of eviction

Nigel Duara by Nigel Duara December 6, 2020February 19, 2021
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Better off than before, even as the rent goes up

by Kate Cimini December 6, 2020January 20, 2021
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Losing out on work so her son can learn

Orlando Mayorquin by Orlando Mayorquin December 6, 2020February 19, 2021
Brothers, Hawie Mekbib, 26, and Yarred, 20, help prune basil at Overflow Farms in Riverside, CA. Oct. 10, 2020. Photo by Tash Kimmell for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Mutual aid: When neighbors look to each other for pandemic relief

Orlando Mayorquin by Orlando Mayorquin October 20, 2020October 27, 2020
Sarah Rivas, 27, sits for a portrait at her desk where she teaches high school history from her childhood bedroom at her parents’ home in Elk Grove, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2020. Rivas, who moved back in with her parents during lockdown and subsequently gave up her apartment in Silicon Valley, worries that she would be unable to afford a new apartment if she were to return to teaching on campus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

For many Californians, the pandemic marks the end of ‘barely making it’

by Laurence Du Sault October 15, 2020October 15, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Poor residents in some of Silicon Valley’s richest neighborhoods to get community pantry makeover

by Laurence Du Sault September 17, 2020September 24, 2020
Mariana with her daughter Genessis, 8, and son Gerardo, 2, on September 7, 2020. The family of four shares a one-bedroom apartment in National City but have fallen behind on rent payment due to Mariana and her husband both losing months of work amid the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Newsom weighs aid for undocumented Californians weathering pandemic with no safety net

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts September 8, 2020September 14, 2020

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