Funds From Ballot Initiative Help Newly Released Prisoners Find a Home in Los...
As Latanja Madison’s release date from prison inched closer, she felt more terrified than elated. During a decade behind bars at the California Institution for Women in Corona, her immediate family...
View ArticleTo Secure California’s Future, the State Must Invest in its Immigrant Workforce
In California, we spend so much time considering the future of work, we often ignore a far more critical conversation: the future of workers. The post To Secure California’s Future, the State Must...
View ArticleAiming to Help Homeless, UCLA Residents Practice ‘Street Psychiatry’
A growing number of psychiatry residents at UCLA are training to help thousands of people in Los Angeles who are homeless and suffer from mental illness. Students concerned about social justice have...
View ArticleCrime Survivors Want More Support and Criminal Justice Reforms, Report Finds
A majority of crime victims in California want more support services for themselves and increased investment in rehabilitation programs for offenders, a report released this week concludes. The post...
View ArticleL.A. Program Dedicated to Counseling Victims of Violence Offers Solace,...
A routine outing with her sons changed Rhonda Foster’s life forever, when gunfire killed one of her young children. “It was just a very devastating time. I felt personally so broken." The post L.A....
View ArticleAs Public Charge Fears Escalate, Immigrants Urged Not to Drop Benefits
As rumors swirl in Los Angeles communities about proposed changes to federal immigration policy on who is considered a "public charge," medical and legal aid providers are countering misinformation...
View ArticleSchool-Based Clinic Offers Vision Care for Students and Community Members in...
Twenty percent of all school-aged children in this country have vision problems, and low-income children and children of color are disproportionately likely to have unmet vision care needs. The post...
View ArticleLos Angeles’ Green New Deal Focuses on Neighborhoods Most Impacted by Climate...
L.A.'s Green New Deal would strive to dramatically reduce environmental pollution in some of the city's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, and stimulate the creation of green jobs and infrastructure...
View ArticleCourt Settlement to Help Low-Income Children With Complex Medical Needs
A federal judge prelimarily approved a lawsuit settlement earlier this month that would require the state to better provide in-home health care to California children and young adults with complex...
View ArticleLow-Income Communities Should Benefit From Green Economy, Report Says
Researchers at the University of Southern California and Occidental College have come up with a roadmap for transitioning the state to a low-carbon economy while improving the lives of the state's most...
View ArticleMental Health First-Aid Training Could Have Saved My Daughter’s Life
I blame no one for my daughter’s death, but looking back I recognize that there were opportunities for the teachers, coaches and family members to intervene and possibly save her. The post Mental...
View ArticleIn Effort to Protect Children, California Could Set Nation’s Strictest Limits...
California could impose the nation's strictest limits on the amount of lead and cadmium allowed in jewelry under a bill designed to protect women and children from exposure to toxic metals. The post In...
View ArticleUntreated Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Costs California Billions, Report...
Untreated mood and anxiety disorders associated with pregnancy are costing California billions of dollars in health care spending, social services expenses and productivity losses, according to a new...
View ArticleFresno Murder Spotlights Safety Challenges for Victims Fleeing Domestic Violence
The murder of a Fresno woman by her partner on May 4 is a reminder of the dangers many domestic violence survivors confront when trying to leave a relationship, police and experts said.
View ArticleCalifornia Must Stand Up to Big Oil to Protect Our Communities and Meet...
We need our elected representatives in Sacramento to stand up to Big Oil and hold the industry accountable for the harms it is causing in our communities and around the world.
View ArticleAdvocates Call for Increased Funds to Support Californians with Intellectual,...
For close to four decades, the Lanterman Act has supported people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in California with a network of centers offering specialized care.
View ArticleMillions of California Children Don’t Receive Preventive Care
Given that Medi-Cal covers around 5.5 million children—more than half of kids in the state—the number of children not accessing all the preventive services they're entitled to accounts for close to a...
View ArticleCalifornia Needs More Funding for Alternatives to Juvenile Detention,...
One year after securing $37 million in state funding for programs that keep young people out of the criminal justice system, an assemblyman from Los Angeles is seeking to more than double support for...
View ArticleAuditor Finds LA County’s Child Welfare Agency Fails to Protect Children
The Los Angeles County child welfare agency is so slow at investigating allegations of abuse that some children remain in unsafe homes for months without action taken to protect them.
View ArticleCalifornia Considers Job Program to Address Shortage of Senior Caregivers
Modeled after AmeriCorps, the program would recruit high school or college graduates to spend a year providing nonmedical care to seniors with cognitive impairment.
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