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Tag: California Dream

Posted inWhatMatters

How does California ever survive?

Avatar photo by Dan Morain November 14, 2019November 14, 2019
Posted inEconomy

From tikka masala to Mexican BBQ, home kitchens set to expand across the state

by Scott Rodd November 5, 2019November 8, 2019
California wildfire utility blackouts PG&E and SDG&E
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Politics, Wildfires

Is it fair to blast PG&E for not managing blackouts like SDG&E?

by Claire Trageser, KPBS October 23, 2019October 25, 2019
A Factory OS pre-fab apartment building in West Oakland. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inHousing

Can factory-built apartments solve California’s housing woes?

by Matt Levin October 22, 2019May 24, 2023
Ebony Palmer and her young daughter in her apartment. Photo by Matt Tinoco/KPCC
Posted inHomelessness, Housing

Pilot project: Housing homeless people cuts state’s health care burden

by Matt Tinoco, KPCC October 22, 2019October 22, 2019
Bobbie Harrison outside the Sierra Wind Wellness and Recovery Center in Jackson, where she works. Photo by Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio
Posted inHigher Education

Amador County builds community college pipeline for mental health workers

by Sammy Caiola, Capital Public Radio October 15, 2019May 24, 2023
Jovan Bravo, 31, at the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration headquarters. He's one of 125 residents receiving $500 a month from the pilot project.
Posted inEconomy

‘Basic income’ experiment offers Stockton residents a glimpse of the California Dream

by Sammy Caiola, Capital Public Radio October 3, 2019October 15, 2019
Shawnda Thornton, who has been homeless for about three years, lives in Venice, CA. Photo courtesy of Coley King.
Posted inEconomy, Health, Housing

‘Sicker than the rest of us’ — More docs making house calls to people without houses

by Matt Tinoco, KPCC September 27, 2019October 2, 2019
Allen Burnett, who just had his sentence commuted after 27 years in prison, said after he started working toward a B.A., his stepdaughter was inspired to enroll at Cal State LA, and his nieces and nephews have since started going to school. Photos by J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LA
Posted inJustice

A college education in prison opens path to freedom

by Vanessa Rancano, KQED September 25, 2019September 25, 2019
Inspired in part by the success of the approach in San Mateo County, some California lawmakers want to bring college classes to juvenile detention facilities around California. Photo via iStock
Posted inJustice

A path to college for kids in juvenile detention

by Vanessa Rancano, KQED August 28, 2019May 24, 2023

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