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California Poverty

The Poorest State In America Revealed

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.16.2012 | San Francisco

California has a poverty rate of 23.5 percent, the highest of any state in the country, according to figures released this week by the United States C...

California Has Three Of The Poorest Cities In The Nation

AP | GOSIA WOZNIACKA | Posted 09.20.2012 | Los Angeles

FRESNO, Calif. -- Three metropolitan areas in California's Central Valley, the region with the highest farm revenues in the country, rank among the po...

John Rudolf

Bankrupt California City Faces Cop 'Mass Exodus' During Crime Wave

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 08.23.2012 | Crime

Bankrupt Stockton, Calif., faces a "mass exodus" of police officers in the midst of a crime wave if it is forced by creditors to slash pension benefit...

John Rudolf

Stockton's Poor Mired In Violence After Police Cuts, Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 04.03.2012 | Crime

STOCKTON, Calif. –- Last year, Pablo Cano put to rest 12 murder victims, the most he's handled in four decades as an undertaker in this troubled cit...

Good News For California's Children

| Posted 04.25.2012 | San Francisco

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Bernice Yeung Fewer California children are living in very poor communities than there...

The Failed American Dream

Kim Carter | Posted 02.18.2012 | Los Angeles
Kim Carter

At one point in its history, San Bernardino was named an "All-America" city. Business was booming. Today it is the rated the second in the nation for poverty, right after Detroit. Whatever happened?

Eleanor Goldberg

Family Living On $22,000 A Year Reflects New Low-Income Stats

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 12.16.2011 | Impact

When doctor's bills started to mount after Joe Gallardo's daughter was born prematurely in September, the father of three took on a second job -- uppi...

'California Is Becoming A Post-Industrial Hell'

| Lance Williams | Posted 12.12.2011 | Los Angeles

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Lance Williams Since the recession began, times have been tough in California – every...

Californians in Crisis: Nothing Left to Sacrifice

Irasema Garza | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Irasema Garza

For years the poorest people in California, turned to the state's CalWORKs program to make ends meet. But in order to reduce the billion deficit, Schwarzenegger has proposed a range of cuts.

Schwarzenegger Budget Deals Blow To The Poor

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Having already cut billions from state programs and tried tax increases, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders...