CA: Social Justice
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
CA foster care advocates ask lawmakers to fund in-person response teams
Advocates for foster families are pressing lawmakers to save the Family Urgent Response System from the budget ax. California faces a $37.9 billion …
CA healthcare advocates unveil package of bills to lower costs
On Tuesday, Care4All California, a coalition fighting for affordable health care, unveiled a package of bills its members say they would like state …
Report: Philanthropy must play role in racial reparations
A new report said philanthropic organizations need to reexamine the source of their wealth, which it asserted often came from systemic racism and …
Informe: Agencias policiales gastan más y resuelven menos delitos
Un nuevo informe muestra que, a pesar del gasto récord en la aplicación de la ley en California, la tasa de resolución - es decir…
Report: Police agencies spending more, solving fewer crimes
A new report shows that despite record spending on law enforcement in California, the clearance rate - that is the rate of crimes solved - was the …
More Californians earn college degrees, but racial gaps widen
More and more Californians are going to college, earning an associate degree or higher but racial gaps persist, according to a new report. …
Más californianos obtienen títulos universitarios, pero aumentan diferencias raciales
Cada vez más californianos van a la universidad y obtienen un título de asociado o superior, pero persisten las diferencias raciales…
Nonprofit Climb Hire gets $6 million grant to help low-wage workers climb higher
If your New Year's Resolution is to leave your low-wage, dead-end job and find something better - the nonprofit Climb Hire may be able to help…
Lawmakers propose bill to stop double taxation after fraud lawsuits
Democrats in Congress reintroduced legislation this week to protect consumers who win lawsuits against big corporations from being overtaxed by the In…
New bill would modernize federal poverty line, make aid more accessible
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a new bill that would modernize the Federal Poverty Line, which hasn't been substantially updated …
CARE Court program opens in California's largest county
The state's largest county has just opened the new CARE Court system, designed to get help for severely mentally ill people in Los Angeles. CARE …
California launches new 'outdoors for all' strategy
Have you ever wanted to see the California redwoods, play in the Sierra snow, take a dip at the beach or just throw a family barbecue at the park? …