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California’s racial inequality: What can state do with $31 billion?

by Jesse Bedayn December 24, 2021December 29, 2021

A new report found stark racial inequality across California. Advocates hope that the 2022 state budget will offer some solutions.

Hundred dollar bills. Image via iStock Photo

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$500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program

by Jesse Bedayn November 30, 2021December 1, 2021

Oakland resident Ed Rogers pumps gas at a Chevron station in Berkeley, CA. File photo

Gas, electricity, food: Cost of living skyrockets in California

by Emily Hoeven November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

Luis Philipe Ruiz Gonzalez inside of his RV in San Mateo on Nov. 1, 2021. Ruiz Gonzalez lived in the RV with his wife during the pandemic. Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group

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New study finds millions of workers are ‘functionally unemployed’

by Jesse Bedayn November 4, 2021November 3, 2021

A Fresno-area politician wants California to prioritize struggling San Joaquin Valley farmworkers in a proposed pilot program that would put cash in the hands of some the state’s impoverished residents. Photo by Juan Esparza Loera

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Universal basic income for farmworkers? Some leaders are pushing for it

by Melissa Montalvo June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

Broadband for all can revive post-pandemic economy

by Guest Commentary June 1, 2021June 29, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference at The Unity Council in Oakland to announce a budget surplus in addition to new stimulus checks, tax rebates and additional rent relief for Californians on May 10, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

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Newsom proposes expanding Golden State stimulus to middle class

by Jackie Botts May 10, 2021May 11, 2021

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‘Revolutionary’ federal stimulus bill could cut California child poverty by half

by Jackie Botts March 10, 2021March 11, 2021

Demonstrators calling for $15 an hour and a union protest at a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Los Angeles in 2016. According to a recent report, California's economic divide has grown wider during the pandemic. Photo by Richard Vogel

Governor’s panel: State should help workers unionize, raise wages

by Emily Hoeven March 3, 2021March 3, 2021