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.
November 12, 2019 | Scott Rodd
Riverside County is the first in California to allow amateur chefs to welcome diners into their homes or offer take-out foods.
October 31, 2019
The checkered past and promising future of prefab housing.
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October 29, 2019 | Ben Adler
“Gig economy” companies including Uber, Lyft and Doordash are proposing a November 2020 California ballot measure that gives their drivers new benefits but keeps them classified as independent contractors.
October 23, 2019
The California Department of Health Care Services wants to interrupt the cycle between the street, the hospital, and back again by trying to house the most vulnerable and reduce their health care costs.
October 21, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
Amador is one of six California counties without a physical community college. It also struggles to recruit mental health providers. A small online learning program could offer a solution to both problems.
October 17, 2019 | Scott Rodd
Last week, more than 700,000 PG&E customers lost power during planned shutoffs, which the utility claimed were due to heightened risk of wildfires. But the company — by its own admission — fumbled the outage from the start.
October 14, 2019
At least three of 10 school districts in Santa Cruz County are exploring the option of building below-market homes for teachers and staff on school district property.
October 3, 2019 | Sammy Caiola
Stockton is halfway through an 18-month program that provides $500 a month to 125 people from low-income ZIP codes. Proponents say the program is a step toward economic equality, opponents say it’s unrealistic and enabling.
September 9, 2019
Older workers may be able to find new opportunities in the gig economy. But research shows that on certain platforms, they’re making less than younger workers.
September 8, 2019
It’s not just a new kind of work. It can also be a cushion for those who can’t rely on their main job to make ends meet.
