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El incendio de Eaton arrasó Altadena hace aproximadamente un año, dejando propiedades contaminadas con sustancias tóxicas. Grupos locales continúan ayudando a las familias a recuperarse. El incendio desplazó a más de 22,000 personas y destruyó cerca de 10 mil estructuras, muchas de ellas en barrios históricamente negros. Heavenly Hughes, cofundadora y...
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The Eaton Fire burned through Altadena about a year ago, leaving behind properties contaminated by toxic pollutants. Local groups continue to help families pick up the pieces. The fire displaced more than 22,000 people and destroyed close to 10,000 structures, many in historically Black neighborhoods. Heavenly Hughes, co-founder and executive director...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn and Cayla Mihalovich CalMatters El fiscal general Rob Bonta presentó el lunes 18 de agosto la 39.ª demanda de California contra la administración Trump , impugnando los nuevos requisitos de aplicación de la ley migratoria que impuso a la financiación federal para las víctimas de delitos. Se esperaba que los estados recibieran...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn and Cayla Mihalovich CalMatters Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday August 18 filed California’s 39th lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging new immigration enforcement requirements it placed on federal funding for crime victims. States were set to receive more than $1.2 billion in federal crime victim funding this year, with California...
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Viji Sundaram American Community Media SACRAMENTO — “I am a survivor of sexual and domestic violence. I was held hostage, beaten, raped, tortured and shot,” wrote Elvira Herrera of Southern California. “If rape crisis centers didn’t exist, I would never have been able to tell my story. The staff...
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Los grupos de salud mental están dando un paso adelante para ayudar a las víctimas de los incendios forestales del área de Los Ángeles a lidiar con el estrés extremo provocado por el desastre. La Línea de Ayuda para Padres y Jóvenes de California está comenzando a trabajar en...
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Mental health groups are stepping up to help victims of the Los Angeles area wildfires deal with the extreme stress brought on by the disaster. The California Parent and Youth Helpline is beginning to work at evacuation centers and is looking to partner with community or government entities to...
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For many people, the annual spectacle of a possible federal government shutdown in the face of chronic budget disagreements in Congress has become normalized. But a normalization of political dysfunction in Washington is unacceptable because the main victims are the most vulnerable among us: If the federal government is...
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Los grupos de reforma de la justicia penal están apoyando un nuevo proyecto de ley que facilitará a las personas heridas en encuentros con la policía para que obtengan apoyo de la Junta de Compensación de Victimas de California. En la actualidad, la mayoría de las reclamaciones, aparte de las relativas a...