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Amid soaring death rates, California scrambling to increase available ICU beds and oxygen supplies
California’s COVID-19 related death rates jumped by 10,000 last month — for a total of 30,000 — leaving the state scrambling to increase ICU capacity and oxygen supplies.... Read more by clicking here.
Stimulus bill provides scant relief for COVID battered nation
A $908 billion stimulus package, passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump late on the evening of December 27, will afford scant relief to millions of Americans facing evictions and the end of their unemployment benefits.... Read more by clicking here.
COVID-19 is surging in California
As the rate of cases once again surges in California, all Bay Area counties have reverted to the high-risk status and are under lockdown with the rest of the state.....Read more by clicking here.
FTC's "Operation Income Illusion" targets get-rich-quick scams
In the midst of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, criminals are brazenly floating “get-rich-quick” schemes to fleece unsuspecting people seeking financial security for themselves and their families.....Read more by clicking here.
California’s ongoing housing crisis, combined with the financial fall out of the COVID-19 pandemic, have increased housing insecurity for vulnerable residents. On October 29, 2020, the state awarded San Mateo County $33 million in Project Homekey funding to purchase permanent housing units for low-income seniors and the homeless....Read more by clicking here.
Will communities hardest hit get Covid 19 vaccines?
The U.S. is weeks away from rolling out COVID vaccines, but pandemic experts say the challenges of vaccinating people will be acute, especially in communities of color....Read more by clicking here.
Election 2020: results show California may not be that liberal after all
This California’s unofficial 2020 proposition results have shown an electorate that is fairly moderate, supportive of business interests and concerned about issues affecting older citizen....Read more by clicking here.
The COVID-19 health equity metric focuses on East Palo Alto
In responding to some of the challenges COVID-19 is presenting to everyone, the State of California enacted a COVID-19 reopening plan. The plan is called California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy and it adds a new health “equity metric,” which requires individual counties to focus on their under-resourced communities .... Click here to read more.
The Immigrant Relief Fund receives more funding to help local families
This past July, San Mateo County in partnership with Sobrato Philanthropies, created an Immigrant Relief Fund to help address the immigrant community’s needs during the pandemic. The fund provides one thousand dollar grants to qualified applicants.... Click here to read more.
Election 2020: Your cheat sheet for 12 propositions to know about before Nov. 3
Twenty-twenty is a big election year. With all eyes on the presidential race, Californians can’t afford to lose sight of our state and local elections. These decisions need the same amount of consideration being given to the big race.... Click here to read more.
What you should know when voting by mail
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020 but, for voters opting to receive and cast their ballots in a socially-distanced manner, the voting process could begin even earlier... Read more here.
San Mateo County meal program extended
Great Plates Delivered, a program that distributes healthy meals from local food providers to eligible seniors, has been extended through October 9, 2020. The program is part of California’s emergency response to COVID-19.....Read more here.
Eleventh hour save for California renters facing evictions is not a permanent solution
AB 3088, an emergency bill to stave off evictions for 4.3 million California renters, was passed at the 11th hour on August 31 by the California State Legislature....Read more here.
East Palo Alto 2020 Census response tops 2010 response
At the beginning of September, 63% of East Palo Alto residents completed their 2020 Census questionnaire. This percentage tops the city’s 2010 Census final self-response rate of 62.5%....Read more here.
How we can uphold our democracy this election season
Former Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams described efforts to suppress votes nationwide ahead of the November 3 presidential election....Read more here
Youngest city in San Mateo County hard hit by COVID-19
East Palo Alto is now the most pandemic-affected city in San Mateo County with the highest percentage of confirmed COVID-19 cases in relation to its population size.....Read more here.
A tsunami of evictions could hit the U.S. in the aftermath of COVID-19
A panel of experts, speaking on housing rights, sounded an alarm related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They warned of the inevitability of a new economic crisis that now faces millions of American tenants....Read more here.
San Mateo - California's #1 census success story
San Mateo County has achieved the highest census self-response rate in California by working with local organizations that know their communities intimately and by targeting messages to them......Read more here.
Fear of public charge keeps immigrants from seeking health care during pandemic
The Trump Administration’s re-implementation of the public charge rule has kept immigrants from accessing health care and other needed services during the COVID pandemic....Read more here.
U.S. Supreme Court protects California's Dreamers
On June 18, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.....Read more here.
Juneteenth celebration includes why it is important to fill out the census
On June 19, 2020 the 26th Annual National Juneteenth Festival will kick off a weeklong event. It is not a tradition during this event to have people from across the United States descend on one location. COVID-19 has created major challenges and severe losses to the economy, to jobs, homes and lives......Read more here.
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