In the News | Apr 12, 2021
Paying $2,000 a month to keep a career: How the COVID pandemic set back California women
Gaby Martinez had been working for the Stanislaus Public Library for years, and she loved her job in the youth services division. She got to connect with students and parents, promote early literacy and even work with the maximum security wing of a juvenile detention center to give books to incarcerated young adults.
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In the News | Apr 09, 2021
How to house people and achieve California’s climate goals
California faces a housing crisis and a climate emergency. We don’t build enough housing so we drive too frequently and too far in cars that generate most of California’s greenhouse gases.
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In the News | Apr 08, 2021
California Renters, Landlords, and Homeowners Struggling Due to COVID-19 Impacts, Little Hoover Commission Finds
Thousands of renters, landlords, and homeowners across California – particularly those of color – are struggling to make their housing payments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Little Hoover Commission explains in its latest Issue Brief.
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In the News | Apr 07, 2021
Conference to Provide Research Findings on Farmworker Health and Safety
For the first time in 20 years, researchers from across the country, UC Merced officials, local and state leaders and community members will take part in a conference stemming from an active study to address issues relating to the health and safety of agricultural workers in California.
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In the News | Apr 02, 2021
Hurtado’s Bill Knocks Down Barriers for Valley Medical Students
California’s community colleges don’t offer a pipeline facilitating a student’s ability to attend medical school. But Senate Bill 40 by state Sen. Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger, seeks to fix that, and it has unanimously passed the Senate Health Committee.
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In the News | Mar 31, 2021
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits Delano
DELANO, CA (KMJ) — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited Delano on Wednesday, March 31. Dr. Biden says the trip is in honor of Cesar Chavez Day, celebrating his legacy as a civil rights leader and major promoter of labor laws. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden arrived at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield. She was also […]
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In the News | Mar 28, 2021
California Democrats Push to Build New Housing by Giving State More Control Over Zoning
California housing is crowded, expensive and difficult to find, but if a package of bills proposed by prominent Senate Democrats becomes law, some cities could look very different a decade from now.
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In the News | Mar 23, 2021
Could these bills help California build more affordable housing?
California housing is crowded, expensive and difficult to find, but if a package of bills proposed by prominent Senate Democrats becomes law, some cities could look very different a decade from now.
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In the News | Mar 22, 2021
It’s time for Newsom to pick California’s attorney general. Here are some contenders
Gov. Gavin Newsom can’t delay much longer. He needs to choose a new California attorney general.
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