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Fight over public charge rule change is not over; advocates seek to calm fears
Advocates gathered on a teleconference call for ethnic media on Jan. 31 agreed that despite a Supreme Court ruling earlier in the week that lifted an injunction blocking its implementation, the fight over the Trump administration's effort to change the public charge rule will continue.....Read more here.
Facts to know about Census 2020 to avoid census frauds and scams
The 2020 Census will not start in the U.S. until next spring – specifically on April 1, 2020. But the scams around the census have already begun, leaving federal and local officials to get accurate information out about the census and about some of the scams that are already taking place.....Read more here.
DACA beneficiaries could stay in the U.S. for years
While hundreds of thousands of immigrants with DACA permits await the decision of the Supreme Court on the future of the program, lawyers and immigrant advocates argue that the vast majority of them have sufficient legal rights to remain in this country for several years and maybe, indefinitely.....Click here to read more.
Proposed public charge rule has huge chilling effect on immigrants
Federal courts have temporarily blocked the public charge rule change from going into effect, but its chilling effects continue to reverberate.... Read more by clicking here.
Need a job after Black Friday shopping? Census Bureau is recruiting!
The U.S. Census Bureau is now recruiting hundreds of temporary census takers in the Bay Area in advance of its Nonresponse Follow Up (NRFU) Operation for the 2020 Census....Read more by clicking here.
Candidate Filing Period Closes Friday, December 6 for the Presidential Primary Election
Individuals interested in running for office in San Mateo County in the March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election have until the close of business on Friday, December 6, 2019, to file candidacy papers....Read more by clicking here.
City of East Palo Alto made a sad announcement
The City of East Palo Alto regretfully announces the passing of Bernardo Huerta. Mr. Huerta was surrounded by his family and friends in his final moments after courageously battling lymphoma and finally resting on November 26, 2019....Read more by clicking here.
Vape stops here
As a parent of high schoolers, I care deeply about the health and well-being of our youth and how they manage their stress. Through the San Mateo County Tobacco Education Coalition, I have learned the tobacco industry uses fruit- and candy-flavored tobacco products to target young people.....Read more by clicking here.
New state law restricts payday and other 'Debt Trap" loans
On Oct. 10, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 539. The legislation puts restrictions on predatory lending practices in California he says “creates debt traps for families already struggling financially.”....Read more by clicking here.
Census experts and youth advocates tackle getting California's kids counted
With millions of dollars of federal funding on the line statewide, a gathering of youth serving organizations, community activists, city and census officials and ethnic media met to brainstorm how to ensure that the youngest members of the population – especially kids 4 and younger – get counted in the 2020 census next year. Read more here.
Civil rights leaders urge congress to tackle campus injustices
A coalition of civil rights organizations has concrete suggestions for Congress as it considers how to update the 1965 Higher Education Act (HEA)....Read more here.
California now has one of the strongest police-use-of- force laws in the country
Today Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law one of the strongest measures in the country intended to deter police officers from killing civilians while pursuing criminal suspects.... Click here to read more.
A win for racial equality: Governor signs bill banning discrimination in court damages awards
Thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature, California took a step to ensure that courts can’t systematically decide that the life of a white person is worth more money than that of an African American or Latino....Read more here.
Sick of gerrymandering? Join California's redistricting commission
California is looking for new commissioners to draw its redistricting maps, the maps that define who votes for California’s representatives in Congress, its state Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization members....Read more here.
Looking for short term work? --2020 Census may want you
The Census Bureau has said it expects to hire about a half-million people nationwide to help in its all-important counting of everybody living in the United States, something the government has done every 10 years since 1790.....Read more here.
Meeting the needs of East Palo Alto's 'hidden population'
Pacific Islanders make up almost 10% of the community and have immigration issues that are similar to those of many other immigrants in our local communitiesm....Read more here..
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