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Veronica Vieyra, San Jose State University Class of 2021 graduate poses for a photograph on campus in San Jose on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Vieyra is one of 72 foster youth to receive payments of $1,000 a month in Santa Clara county’s first guaranteed basic income pilot program. Photo by Anda Chu, Bay Area News Group

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Universal basic income? California moves to be first state to fund pilot efforts

by Jesse Bedayn July 16, 2021July 21, 2021

California lawmakers OK funding programs to guarantee some people — especially foster youth and pregnant women — an income floor.

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

A firefighting helicopter flies away after dropping water over a brush fire scorching at least 100 acres in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles Saturday, May 15, 2021. AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

It’s mid-May: Welcome to wildfire season

by Emily Hoeven May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

Diners are seen through the window at Etcetera in San Francisco on March 7, 2021. Restaurants were permitted to re-open for indoor dining starting last week. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California on verge of massive COVID changes

by Emily Hoeven March 12, 2021March 12, 2021

Patients enter Levi’s Stadium to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on Feb. 9 2021 in Santa Clara. The 49ers arena opened on Tuesday as a vaccine distribution site for Santa Clara County residents 65 and older and is expected to inoculate up to 15,000 people per day once supplies become available. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

California hurtles into fastest reopening yet

by Emily Hoeven March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

A portrait of Sarah Kane at her home in Cupertino, on Thursday, Sep. 24, 2020. Photo by Randy Vazquez,Bay Area News Group

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‘Lower-pay, higher-risk:’ Coronavirus layoffs send middle-class workers down the economic ladder

by Laurence Du Sault September 28, 2020October 2, 2020

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‘Guaranteed income’ would help close California’s racial wealth gap

by Guest Commentary July 13, 2020July 22, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom, wears a face mask as he answers a reporters question during his visit to the Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine restaurant in Sacramento on Friday, June 19, 2020. Newsom visited the restaurant that is participating in the Great Plates Delivered program that provides meals to older adults who are at-risk to COVID-19. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Newsom warns ‘restrictive’ orders may return

by Emily Hoeven June 30, 2020July 1, 2020

California schools likely closed through summer

by Emily Hoeven March 18, 2020August 20, 2021

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Why one county is exploring giving $1,000 monthly to every youth aging out of foster care

by Erica Hellerstein January 13, 2020February 27, 2020