ABOUT 15.5 MILLION CALIFORNIANS — including over 150,000 people across the Bay Area — will have their Medi-Cal eligibility reconsidered.

As of June, 21 percent of Medi-Cal recipients in California — or approximately 225,000 people — have lost coverage as a result of the redetermination process, in which needs for the health coverage are reassessed, according to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).

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Lydia Sidhom is a rising third-year at UC Berkeley studying Data Science and Political Science. She is a Dow Jones News Fund intern for Bay City News. Lydia was a lead beat reporter, deputy news editor and projects developer for The Daily Californian and will be a deputy projects editor there this fall. She enjoys telling stories through data. In her free time, Lydia loves to read, bake and travel.