…citizens, according to a Public Policy Institute of California analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly Current Population Survey. Put another way, about 701,000 fewer noncitizens worked in July than…
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UC researchers find safe drinking water still out of reach for many Californians
…access to clean drinking water.” Lara Cushing, study co-senior author Researchers combined data on the state’s community water systems, domestic well permits, residential tax parcels, building footprints and census results…
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Renowned Oakland architect to design a memorial for Piedmont’s first Black resident
…why the demographics of Piedmont were the way they were, if something perpetuated this or some systemic injustice had happened.” According to the U.S. Census, the Black population in Piedmont…
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Advocates cheer Cupertino judgement as city misses deadline on affordable housing plan
…was more than $223,600 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census. In Santa Clara County, the area median income for a single person was just under $127,000 in 2023, according…
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‘A Day Without Immigrants’ movement shows impact of Trump’s mass deportation plans
…“Also, according to the latest census, we have close to 90,000 Hispanic/Latino owned firms but we have only about 12% of the state’s 750,000 small businesses. Of the 90,000 we…
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Study finds COVID pulls down life expectancy for Blacks, Latinos, Asians more than whites
…the poor. Before the pandemic, researchers found, residents in the state’s poorest 1 percent of census tracts could be expected to live to nearly 76 years, about 11.5 fewer years…
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Reflections on Democracy: Bay Rising
…the integrity of our elections and held a “Count Every Vote” event that brought people together during a difficult time. In 2019 and 2020, we coordinated a massive Census outreach…
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We’ll see more fires like in 2020: Here’s a strategy for managing flammable landscapes
…where there is substantial wildfire potential. Further, people of color, based on majority Black, Hispanic or Native American census tracts, may be more vulnerable than others. This disparity makes it…
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San Jose homeless relocation program serves 42 in first year; critics question effectiveness
…before they became homeless, according to last year’s homeless census. San Jose has the largest homeless population in the county, with 6,503 people. About half are unsheltered. Mahan said he wants to scale…
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20 years of healthy living: Oakland festival to offer resources that promote senior wellness
…Census data from 2022, of the 1.6 million people in Alameda County, some 15.7 percent or more than 255,000 are aged 65 and above. USAOC meanwhile estimates that around half…