Just in time for Christmas, the Newsom administration is preparing to dole out more than $500 million to build affordable housing, playing Santa to projects that promise to shelter low-wage
California’s poverty rate remains lower than it was pre-pandemic, but the expiration of COVID expanded safety net programs has led to a continued gradual increase compared to 2022.
According
I was standing in the grocery check-out line behind a 20-something girl who had put a bag of organic cat kibble on the counter, waiting for her turn to pay.
Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. Dive in.
"On My Mama," Victoria Monét
Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman.
It was a blockbuster year across genres, but only a few could make
Setting the stage for the remainder of the 2023-24 school year, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education made several staffing decisions during its final meeting of 2023.
Two seemingly diametrically opposed things were both true about California’s budget in 2023.
The state had to pare down its spending as it confronted a nearly $32 billion deficit
If there was ever any doubt, 2023 made two things very clear. First, California lawmakers are now fully committed to the idea that the state needs to build many more
After four growing years of the Ready To Succeed (RTS) program, a nonprofit focused on propelling foster youth through the rigors of college and postgraduate job searches, the RTS staff
In the 19th century, California began experimenting with regulating the prices of vital services and commodities. Nearly 150 years later, Californians still don’t know if it’s working as
By the time the 2,000-plus domestic violence survivors come to the Family Violence Law Center, both their safety and housing are often at risk.
A survivor who’s successfully
The December 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said that 653,100 people experienced homelessness — across the nation — on a single
