The California Dream project is a statewide non-profit media collaboration focused on issues of economic opportunity, quality-of-life, and the future of the California Dream.
Over the next two years, the collaboration will be sharing stories about housing, education, jobs, the wealth gap and more as it presents reporting on radio and television, online and through special programming.
Partner organizations include CalMatters, Capital Public Radio, KPBS, KPCC and KQED.
Share your California dream. On Twitter, use the hashtag #CADream.
April 18, 2018
The most controversial state housing bill in recent memory died with a pretty resounding thud.
April 12, 2018
A scoop of horchata or matcha green tea would have been all but impossible to find in decades past. Now, they're part of the evolving dream for some California businesses — and the families they serve.
April 9, 2018
Chad Bordes is 46 and has an MBA. But between high rents and student loan debt, he's struggling.
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April 5, 2018
California went big on freeways during the postwar years, but the days of easy driving and the lifestyle it enabled didn't last long.
March 29, 2018 | Julia Mitric
Like generations before then, immigrant farm workers toil in California’s fields to open a path out of poverty for their children.
March 23, 2018
The University of California and Cal State are both struggling to find space for qualified residents at overcrowded campuses, and tens of thousands of eligible students will be turned away.
March 15, 2018
The current debate over immigration policies in the state has a striking resemblance to the experience of many people who fought the approval of Prop. 187.
March 12, 2018
California’s early history redefined how Americans saw failure and success. Today, the state’s economy continues to benefit from entrepreneurs eager to take big chances.
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March 8, 2018
California’s $2.75 trillion economy makes it the world’s sixth largest and is a source of pride for the state. But that impressive ranking disguises an economic fault-line: The decline of the middle class.
March 1, 2018 | Ben Bradford
Immigration and the Latino vote swayed the state away from GOP support toward the liberal Democratic Party agenda.
