A deepening COVID­-19 crisis­­­–now surging in most California agricultural counties–puts farmworkers in the pandemic’s crosshairs. Thousands of farm and packinghouse workers have contracted the virus in the agricultural counties of Imperial, Kern, Kings, Tulare, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Monterey, Ventura.
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Voters Must Elect Pro-Housing Candidates In May 2019 I described how Democratic leaders were failing to address California’s housing shortage. The just completed 2020 legislative session was even worse, as it topped off at last night’s midnight deadline with the
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Last Chance U and Oakland’s Black Displacement I strongly encourage everyone concerned with the urban America to watch the new Netflix series Last Chance U. It profiles people whose voices are too often ignored in stories about cities. On the
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Patients and visitors to Sutter Health’s shiny new hospital in Santa Rosa, Calif., are greeted with large banners, “Heroes Work Here.”  This no doubt is true.  At Kaiser Permanente’s hospitals we learn much the same, the giant HMO has awarded
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  This morning Mayor Breed and San Jose Mayor Liccardo joined other San Francisco and Santa Clara officials in issuing a public statement backing a “comprehensive path forward for Caltrain.” The plan would move the sales tax forward while discussing
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Richmond, CA.’s renaissance as a “progressive city” has thrust many of its leading personalities into the media spotlight in recent years. But none of our local luminaries can match the singular popularity of 98-year old Betty Reid Soskin, whose life
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With the Movement for Black Lives raising the call to defund the police and redirect funding to programs more likely to enhance public safety like public education, housing, and mental health services, we should consider how these municipal issues play
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