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California Dream

 

A statewide collaboration between Capital Public Radio, KQED, KPCC, KPBS and CALmatters focused on key issues of economic opportunity, quality of life and the future of the “California Dream.”

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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.

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Health Care

Med School Free Rides And Loan Repayments — California Tries To Boost Its Dwindling Doctor Supply

December 2, 2019

By 2030, the state will be short some 4,000 physicians, according to a study from the HealthForce Center at UC San Francisco.

Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED

Changing Lives By Building Credit History — One Micro-Loan At A Time

November 23, 2019

While MAF’s lending circles were initially focused on low-income Latino immigrants in San Francisco’s Mission District, the program has become a tool to boost credit scores for African Americans, young people and others across the country.

Scott Rodd / CapRadio

State Government

From Tikka Masala to Mexican BBQ, Home Kitchens Set To Expand Across State

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.

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Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Can Factory-Built Apartments Solve California’s Housing Woes?

October 31, 2019

The checkered past and promising future of prefab housing.

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State Government

Gig Companies Go It Alone As They Launch ‘Dynamex’ Measure For California’s November Ballot

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.

Matt Tinoco/KPCC

Housing The Homeless Cuts State's Health Care Burden

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.

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Health Care

Amador County Builds Community College Pipeline For Mental Health Workers

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.

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State Government

Anger And Loss After Last Week's Power Blackout

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.

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Santa Cruz, The Least Affordable Place For Teachers, Is Trying To Make It More Livable

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.

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Income Experiment Offers Stockton Residents a Glimpse at the California Dream

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.

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