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California Centers Respond to Climate Change With Social Change

California UncoveredJuly 18, 2023By George B. Sánchez-Tello

Low-income neighborhoods are often dangerously hotter than wealthier areas. At “resilience hubs” there is shelter to survive, with programming for communities to thrive.

Proposed Law Would Reduce Barriers to Mental Health Care for California Youth

Latest NewsJuly 17, 2023By Mark Kreidler

The legislation would overhaul the process to appeal denials of coverage by private health insurance companies.

L.A. Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway.

Checked OutJuly 14, 2023By Robin Urevich, Capital & Main, and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica. Photography by Barbara Davidson.

When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building.

Los Angeles Housing Department Will Investigate Residential Hotels

Checked OutJuly 12, 2023By Robin Urevich, Capital & Main, and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica

Following a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation, which found that buildings meant for housing are instead being rented to tourists, the mayor’s office asked for a review.

POETS ON THE BEAT

DESPITE THE LOSSES, THE SINGING CONTINUES

From rust belt assembly lines to Amazon warehouses, former Los Angeles poet laureate Luis Rodriguez reminds us that labor has always been at the center of the American story.

by Luis Rodriguez

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