Low-income residents and people of color are disproportionately disconnected to broadband.
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Posted inHealth
As millions are dropped from Medicaid nationwide, should California consider a pause in disenrollments?
Some health advocates are calling for the Department of Health Care Services to pause Medi-Cal disenrollments.
Posted inHealth
Advocates rally to increase food assistance for undocumented people
From the archives: Last year’s Immigrant Day of Action focused on making the idea that food is a human right a reality.
Posted inHealth
Advocates push bill to expand Covered California to undocumented immigrants
After Medi-Cal expanded to include all adults regardless of immigration status, advocates say the next step is expanding Covered California.
Posted inMi Historia
‘I am looking for a way to retire’: Without Social Security benefits, aging immigrant father braces himself for more years of work
Jesús Bizarro, age 60, contemplates his retirement without Social Security benefits, after years of paying into the system.
Posted inTransportation
When a lower cost of living comes with an hours-long commute
The high cost of living in San Francisco and San Jose pushes low-wage workers to cities on the fringes of the Bay Area’s public transit systems. These Contra Costa County residents face “extreme commutes” of more than 60 minutes each way to get to work and school.
Posted inHealth
California’s expanded health coverage for undocumented immigrants collides with Medicaid checks
A policy to extend Medi-Cal to qualified Californians without legal residency started in 2024. It coincided with a federal requirement to resume eligibility checks for Medicaid, which had been dropped during the pandemic. The result: many Latinos, who make up a majority of beneficiaries, were actually disenrolled during the expansion.
Posted inEconomics
Working two jobs, an immigrant widow and parent of four can’t afford electricity amidst rising utility costs
With $800 in utility debt, Consuelo Ruano and her family put up with the winter cold in their two-bedroom apartment in San Lorenzo.
Posted inHousing
Concord passes an ordinance to cap rent increases
The ordinance includes a three percent annual rent increase cap on multi-family complexes built before 1995, and also establishes just cause for eviction policies that cover most units.
Posted inHousing
When crowding up is the only choice for low-income renters in Contra Costa County
Immigrant renters describe the challenges of affording housing—from hazardous conditions to overcrowding and displacement.