…that we’re still in this place.” The new approach, dubbed the Enhanced COVID-19 Response Strategy, involves partnering with nonprofit organizations and focusing public health efforts on census tracts that have…
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Exchanging words: Spanish translator helps residents get involved at Stockton meeting
…the U.S. Census. An improvement, with room for ‘a little more’ During Tuesday’s meeting, Debbie Lopez, a community service officer with the Stockton Police Department, informed residents about crime statistics,…
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Schools report fewer homeless students, alarming advocates
…month’s rent, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey in November. But since schools shifted to distance learning last March, teachers and other school staff, such as attendance clerks and…
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San Mateo County sees increase in homeless population, but number in shelters also rises
San Mateo County’s official point-in-time homeless count, a snapshot census taken in one day of the county’s unhoused population, found an 18 percent increase from the count conducted in 2022….
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Silicon Valley wealth gap widens amid tech gains while other sectors stagnate
…Santa Cruz counties, and part of Alameda County, including Fremont. The report’s data comes from a variety of sources, including the census and California’s Employment Development Department. Stratification of wealth…
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You’re thinking about renting an apartment in Silicon Valley? Well, everyone else is too
…a renter to earn $122,040 per year or an hourly wage of $58.67. South Bay residents may fall short of being able to pay market-rate rent, according to U.S. census data….
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Coastal conservancy awards $5.1M for SF’s India Basin Waterfront Park transformation
…for birds migrating in the Pacific Flyway,” the report said. The neighborhoods around the new park are still considered a high poverty area according to 2020 U.S. Census data, and…
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Alameda County to ban criminal background checks of would-be rental housing tenants
…Alameda County and 47 percent are Black, according to the county’s probation department. Only 10.7 percent of the county population is Black, according to the U.S. Census estimate for 2021….
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Measure on fall ballot would let non-citizens cast votes in Oakland school board elections
…Oakland, one of the most diverse cities in America, is home to 230,000 individuals of voting age, of which at least 13,000 are non-citizens, according to the 2020 census. Many…
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Santa Cruz County asks public to help with master plan for aging amid ‘national crisis’
…people over age 60 in Santa Cruz County has increase 50 percent since 2010, according to the U.S. Census. By 2030, that age group is expected to reach 30 percent….