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Tag: San Joaquin Valley

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Posted inCommentary

State must act now to head off future floods

by Guest Commentary June 21, 2022June 18, 2022

California needs to make Stockton and San Joaquin Valley flood investments a priority — especially during a drought. Building flood management projects takes years. If we don’t start now, we may not be ready when the next big flood arrives.

A canal flowing through orchards west of Fresno on June 3, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
Posted inEnvironment

State imposes sweeping ban on pumping river water in San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area

by Rachel Becker June 7, 2022June 8, 2022
A farmworker works on farmland irrigated by sprinklers in El Centro on May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Cash for farmworkers? California lawmaker says new $20 million idea will help amid drought

by Melissa Montalvo April 25, 2022April 25, 2022
Kelly O’Brien listens to her well hum as it fills with cool water after more than a month of living without water, at her home on July 2, 2021. Photo by Rachel Becker, CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

California enacted a groundwater law 7 years ago. But wells are still drying up — and the threat is spreading

by Rachel Becker August 18, 2021August 18, 2021
Amber R. Crowell, assistant professor at Fresno State, left, joins other community leaders including Congressman Jim Costa, right, at a press conference at Lighthouse for Children, Thursday July 8, 2021, calling on Congress to turn the $300 monthly Child Tax Credit into a permanent benefit. Over 600,000 children will benefit from the Child Tax Credit in Fresno County. Photo by John Walker, The Fresno Bee
Posted inCalMatters en Español

¿Recibirá su familia pagos mensuales de impuestos por hijos de $ 300? Lo que necesitas saber

by Melissa Montalvo and Neil Chase July 14, 2021July 14, 2021
drought management
Posted inCommentary

Californians will adapt to living with drought, as we always have

by Guest Commentary July 14, 2021July 14, 2021
Amber R. Crowell, assistant professor at Fresno State, left, joins other community leaders including Congressman Jim Costa, right, at a press conference at Lighthouse for Children, Thursday July 8, 2021, calling on Congress to turn the $300 monthly Child Tax Credit into a permanent benefit. Over 600,000 children will benefit from the Child Tax Credit in Fresno County. Photo by John Walker, The Fresno Bee
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Will your family get $300 monthly child tax payments? What you need to know

by Melissa Montalvo July 12, 2021July 14, 2021
Joshua Rayburn, with a mask on, and Blake Whytock, without a mask, prepare drinks for customers inside The Good Bar in Long Beach, on June 15, 2021. Rayburn has decided he wants to wait before being maskless inside public spaces. Pablo Unzueta for CalMatters
Posted inWhatMatters

California’s not-so-big reopening

by Emily Hoeven June 16, 2021June 16, 2021
John Werner holds a handful of soil for a portrait in his soon-to-be pistachio grove near Visalia on June 10, 2021. He works as an educator to supplement his income from farming and is planning on planting pistachio trees soon. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters
Posted inEnvironment

Tulare County’s never-ending drought brings dried up wells and plenty of misery

by Julie Cart June 15, 2021June 30, 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
Posted inCalifornia Divide

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

by Melissa Montalvo June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

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