Governor Newsom signs housing bill package to create more affordable housing

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a package of bills designed to address the state’s housing affordability crisis. The new laws aim to increase housing affordability in a number of ways, including streamlining approvals for certain projects and requiring local municipalities to develop plans to house California’s most vulnerable. “Original sin is available in this … Read more

‘We want to be counted’: Indigenous people ask to be attended to for their health needs

the angels – For Juan Carlos Díaz, it is almost impossible to call his family doctor in California, where he currently lives, because he does not speak Spanish or English. The man speaks Mixtec. For the most part, Diaz has skipped routine appointments out of embarrassment because she knows her doctor doesn’t understand her. Even … Read more