…$207,891 between 2019 and 2023, according to U.S. Census data. “We need more affordable housing,” Stump said at the meeting. “This project is yielding 77 units. Wouldn’t it be great…
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Pandemic steals most from immigrant working women
…folks,” said principal author Edward Orozco Flores, a professor of sociology. Small sample sizes signal caveats The researchers analyzed the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, which interviews 60,000 families…
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San Francisco Fire Department receives ample supply of oxygen masks for pets
…city than children, according to 2022 Census data and the city’s Animal Care and Control Department. First: Members of the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD), volunteers of the San Francisco…
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Sonoma County extends funding for secure RV parking site for homeless in Sebastopol
…along Morris Street. Stated rules are no firearms, no violence, quiet hours and “respect each other.” Homeless numbers increasing Sonoma County’s 2022 Point in Time census of people experiencing homelessness…
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San Rafael neighbors seek assurances that tiny cabin site won’t bring crime and chaos
…Census, about 32% of the residents in the Merrydale Road area are 65 or older, a growing segment of Marin County’s population. It can be an anxious time in life…
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Contra Costa Community College District chancellor reinstated amid investigation
…board, was accused of “paying students to enroll in his classes and then allowing them to drop after “census day,” which is the day when the college takes an official…
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‘The perfect storm of vulnerability’: Protection in the fields doesn’t follow farmworkers home
…Statistics and Census Bureau data from 2017 and 2018, Salinas ranks third among cities in the U.S. where the fewest people can work from home. “Salinas, California has a workforce…
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Thousands of San Jose properties sit vacant despite increasing demand for more housing
AMID AN ONGOING housing crisis, thousands of San Jose homes are sitting empty — but City Hall has no plan to address it. The latest U.S. Census data shows 13,769…
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San Jose’s grant program for older adults faces elimination amid $36M budget shortfall
…Census Bureau report showed baby boomers will outnumber children by 2030. San Jose’s increasing older adult population is reflected in the 2025 Silicon Valley Index published by research group Joint…
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Contra Costa County community groups ‘stand together’ in support of immigrants
…communities, which make up nearly one-third of the Bay Area’s population and one-fourth of Contra Costa County’s, according to the 2024 U.S census. “Immigrant communities are a vital part of…