Take the California Institute of Technology, a prominent example of an institution that has not practiced legacy admissions. Until recently, only around 10% of its students were eligible to receive Pell Grants, a typical measure of a university’s success in serving lower-income students....
In California, a new law helps low-income borrowers build credit
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - The state has the money to keep offering subsidies to help low-income families pay for childcare, Assembly Speaker John Perez said Friday. The funding eliminated by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger using his line-item veto authority can be made up with unused money from...
The state reports describe the safety net and health care programs in place for low-income people on the eve of welfare reform. The reports also analyze the particular circumstances that are shaping the state's response to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA...
The California e-bike incentive project was launched by the California Air Resource Board. Applicants have to be a California resident and 18 years old. It's aimed at low-income individuals. So household income must be no more than $45,000 for individuals, $61,000 for a family of two an...
by Venetia Lai,University of California, Los Angeles Credit: CC0 Public Domain Implementation of the Affordable Care Act cut in half the percentage of low-income, uninsured Californians under age 65, from 23 percent in 2013 to 11 percent in 2016-17. But federal law bars undocumented residents...
Food security among California's low-income adults improves, but most severely affected do not share in improvement This policy brief reports that, according to the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, more than 2.5 million low-income Californians (30%) cannot afford... GG Harrison,M Sharp,...
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Since the 1960s, California's Public Utilities Commission has allowedlocal communities, developers, and property owners to identify areas for undergrounding and have a small portion of the costs covered by their utility. Historically, wildfire threat and income level have not factored into the regula...
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