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Yue Stella Yu & Ben Christopher CalMatters In Santa Rosa, a mother of six children says she’s struggling to pay the rent following her husband’s deportation — but fears eviction if she even requests to move into a smaller place from her landlord. In Los Angeles, a Latino family sued their...
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Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters California’s port traffic is beginning to look worse now, under the effects of President Donald Trump’s fickle tariff policy, than it did at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The vessel calls, or cancellations, that we’re seeing today (are) starting to exceed the number that we...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California promocionó una victoria para los trabajadores en 2016 cuando promulgó una amplia serie de aumentos mínimos, asegurándose de que los trabajadores con los salarios más bajos ganaran al menos 15 dólares por hora en 2022. El entonces gobernador Jerry Brown, al firmar la ley, habló de...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers would earn at least $15 an hour by 2022. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown, while signing the law, spoke of “giving people their due;” then-Senate leader...