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Lynn La CalMatters Some bills before California’s Legislature don’t come from passionate policy advocates, or from powerful interest groups. Sometimes, the inspiration comes from a family car ride. While campaigning two years ago, Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo’s daughter, then nine, asked from the backseat what her mother could do if she...
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California leads the country in deaths from heart disease, losing over 65,000 individuals from the condition in 2021, beating out cancer and a slew of other major health issues as the leading cause of death. High blood pressure (also known as hypertension), which can lead to heart disease, is...
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¡El verano está a la vuelta de la esquina! Como los niños están de vacaciones, es el momento perfecto para planificar un viaje o dos, y pasar tiempo de calidad juntos y en familia. Sin embargo, las vacaciones familiares pueden ser bastante caras. La reserva de habitaciones de hotel,...
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Summer is just around the corner! With the kids out of school, it’s the perfect time to plan a trip or two and spend quality time together as a family. However, family vacations can get pretty pricey. With booking hotel rooms, flights and more, a summer trip can put...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services En una sesión informativa de Ethnic Media Services el viernes 23 de febrero, expertos en participación electoral discutieron cómo la organización de los votantes comunitarios puede generar cambios políticos. Lo que los votos comunitarios pueden ganar “Si vamos a lograr un cambio social, para...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services At a Friday, February 23 Ethnic Media Services briefing, voter engagement experts discussed how organizing community voters can make political change. What community votes can win “If we’re going to affect social change, it has to be through the people that are most affected...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters El lento conteo de votos se ha convertido en un elemento básico de las elecciones de California, y en una frustración nacional, a medida que el estado ha pasado a votar abrumadoramente por correo. Es el resultado del tiempo adicional que California proporciona para que las...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters The slow vote count has become a staple of California elections — and a national frustration — as the state has shifted to overwhelmingly voting by mail. It’s the result of the additional time that California provides for mail ballots to arrive at local elections offices and the extra verification...
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La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos está considerando un nuevo proyecto de ley que modernizaría la Línea Federal de Pobreza, que no se ha actualizado sustancialmente desde la década de 1960. Muchos programas de ayuda como CalFresh, Head Star y Medi-Cal están vinculados a la LFP y aumentar...