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Penny Bailey, a technology recruiter for Figma, works from home in San Francisco, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

Pandemic creates ‘weird boom time’ for some Bay Area remote workers

by Laurence Du Sault January 11, 2021January 12, 2021

  Lea este artículo en español.  Millions of California workers have faced at least one of two gut-wrenching situations this past year: losing their jobs or risking their lives by showing up in person at work during a pandemic. But for the others — the “work-from-home” contingent — things have been, well, mostly fine. “My career, […]

Newport Beach was supposed to build 2 affordable units in 8 years — why so little?

Nigel Duara by Nigel Duara December 28, 2020January 8, 2021

Unions, cities square off over raises, layoffs

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
The Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline including the Salesforce Tower are seen in this view from the bay on Monday, March 9, 2020. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

Amid pandemic, fighting San Francisco’s first-in-the-nation ‘overpaid CEO tax’ may be least of big business’s worries

by Laurence Du Sault October 27, 2020October 28, 2020

Business need to stand up for equal justice too

Avatar by Guest Commentary September 18, 2020September 18, 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

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

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts September 8, 2020September 14, 2020
Jessica Gallup and her five-and-a-half-month-old daughter Sunny on the balcony of their one bedroom apartment in South San Francisco on August 6, 2020. Gallup, an event coordinator who cannot work due to the coronavirus pandemic, placed thousands of calls to unemployment agencies before receiving benefits. Now that she will lose the $600 in additional stimulus aid, gallup worries how she will make ends meet. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Side hustles, liquidating 401(k)s: Here’s how jobless Californians are getting by without the extra $600

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts August 10, 2020October 7, 2020

How we analyzed the link between COVID-19 and crowded housing in California

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
Shuttered businesses along Telegraph Avenue in Oakland on March 16, 2020. Today, seven counties enacted a shelter in place order until April 7 to curb the spread of novel coronavirus

Out of a job? Can’t pay your bills? These proposals may help keep you afloat amid coronavirus

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

Living at the intersection of rich and poor

by Erica Hellerstein February 18, 2020February 27, 2020

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