This weekend, 2020 Census caravans will drive through five Bay Area locations to allow residents to respond to the 2020 Census. The caravans will be going through Healdsburg, San Jose,…
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San Francisco leaders decry language barriers on 2020 census forms
San Francisco supervisors and Assemblyman David Chiu have called on the Trump administration to restore bilingual paper forms for the 2020 census. The census, happening sometime in early 2020, marks…
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Richmond offers mini-grants to boost 2020 Census outreach
…income, people of color, immigrants, non-English speakers and/or children younger than 5. Funding is intended for informational and educational events including workshops about the census, canvassing to inform about Census…
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Lost in the translation: California ballots may be available in fewer languages
…for the June primary. Otherwise, there could be significant reductions in assistance for non-English speakers, they said. Limited census data Weber’s office blames limited information from the Census Bureau for…
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Author sees erosion of voting rights as threat to California’s future
…census. The state allocated $90 million from the 2017-18 budget for the 2020 census and then-Gov. Jerry Brown formed a Complete Count Committee in April 2018. The count in the…
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Lathrop growing by leaps and bounds, ranks among top 5 nationwide in new Census data
Lathrop in San Joaquin County was among the fastest-growing cities in the country in recent years, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. Among cities across the U.S. with…
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Census study finds several segregated low-income Asian American/Pacific Islander neighborhoods
A report by the Bay Area Equity Atlas says 11 of the region’s census tracts are segregated low-income Asian American/Pacific Islander neighborhoods. The report, posted online July 27, analyzes all…
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Mayor Liccardo joins plaintiffs in lawsuit over 2020 census count
…excluding undocumented residents from the 2020 Census. Liccardo said by not counting individuals fully, the White House would be in clear violation of the 14th Amendment. “In San Jose, and…
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Marin County forges ahead on redistricting as leaders await final 2020 census data
Marin County is scheduled to produce a redistricting plan by Dec. 15 but will not have access to the necessary data from the U.S. Census for several more months, leaving…
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Poor and diverse voters fuel California’s record ballots cast
…come off of the census.” For the census, Inland Empire United coordinated 35 community groups that contacted hard-to-reach communities. Those hired for phone banks were highly skilled at making connections…