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Month: September 2019

Local Issues

Hmong Activists Set Their Sights on 2020 Census and Elections

September 26, 2019 California Endowment

BY EDGAR SANCHEZ With 2020 fast approaching, community organizer Cha Vang is preoccupied with the golden opportunities the new year will bring for Sacramento communities to advance politically and economically. But, according to Vang, those […]

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Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Affordable housing key to ending poverty

September 25, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

Renters’ rights important part of this fight Sacramento used to be a bargain. People moved here from all over because our city was considered an affordable place to live and work. We were known as […]

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Health

Yvonne R. Walker: Health care shouldn’t be a headache

September 18, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

Open enrollment an annual reminder of rising costs BY YVONNE R. WALKER It’s that time of year again when families pull out their calculators, crunch the numbers and keep their fingers crossed. (For this headache, […]

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Local Issues

The Fight for Rent Control in Sacramento Rages On

September 12, 2019 California Endowment

BY EDGAR SANCHEZ Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Jovana Fajardo, a pro-tenant community organizer, agree: Crafting citywide rent control is not easy. “If it were easy, it would have happened a long time ago,” Steinberg […]

Health

Yvonne R. Walker: Keeping our heads above water

September 11, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

Tentative contract helps lift up bottom, close inequality gap Arising tide lifts all boats – but only if there’s enough water to go around. To create a California for All, that rising tide also needs […]

A row of tents on a city sidewalk as well as shopping carts and garbage.. A high rise office building in the background.
Health

Yvonne R. Walker: Economic Justice

September 4, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

What can you do to end poverty for all? That can be a difficult question to ponder when you may be a paycheck away from poverty yourself. According to the Federal Reserve, one out of […]

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