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.

Ben Adler / Capital Public Radio

State Government

Reporter’s Notebook: Tolerance Or Tantrums? It’s Not Just Politicians Who Need To Choose

January 6, 2020 | Ben Adler

As a veteran California Capitol reporter leaves the beat, he digs back into his reporter’s notebook to reflect on our growing polarization. His takeaway? Just because you disagree with someone’s political views, it doesn’t make them a bad person.

Max Rivlin-Nadler / KPBS

U.S. Students Furthering Their Education Across The Border

December 9, 2019

A Tijuana university offers a business degree in English at lower overall costs than U.S. schools.

Elizabeth Aguilera / CalMatters

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.

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.

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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