Category: Economy

As the deadline passes for California to eliminate redevelopment agencies, cities respond to the transition in their own ways.

Bell Gardens establishes city-run agency to take over redevelopment.

Supporters and opponents of East LA cityhood are seeing an endpoint in the process during this week's Los Angeles Local Agency Formation Commission meeting.

A bill sponsored by Senators Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) and Michael Rubio (D-Shafter) will give cities more time to prepare for redevelopment agencies' closure.

LA LAFCO report says East L.A. may not be fiscally viable to become a city.

The State's upcoming elimination of redevelopment agencies is causing serious impact to local economies.

A new pre-kindergarten program, which readies children for kindergarten, is supposed to take off this coming November, but is now in danger of being gutted before it can be fully implemented.

California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed deep budget cuts this week that could especially impact those from low-income ethnic communities.

Eastern Group Publications review their coverage of unincorporated East Los Angeles planning to becoming its own city.

In 2011, for the first time, more Latino students than white students applied for admission to California State University's 23 campuses.

Fiscal study says East L.A. is financially viable.

At James Lick Middle School in San Francisco, the loss of two bilingual counselors threatens gains in student attendance and achievement.

"Combo classes" in San Jose are facing challenges under the budget cut.

A newcomer teacher worries about the pink slip every year.

Under the budget cut, larger class sizes turn into chaotic classrooms.

Foreclosure crisis in Stockton, CA. is driving student enrollment down.

Low-income individuals and public housing residents will be able to use business registry to look for jobs.

Earlier visit to Occupy LA has changed some of their views about the future.

The cascading effects of California's deepening budget crisis and sickly economy are forcing public schools to cope with multiple stresses that could threaten how well students do in school.

State funding for California's K-12 public schools has fallen to the 1990 level, resulting in a 6 percent spending reduction per student.

LAPD restricted news access to eviction process. One student claimed he was brutalized and 16 formal complaints have been filed against the LAPD.

Eighteen-year-old Filipino-American woman among 300 Occupy LA protestors arrested by LAPD.

Occupy ELAC movement faces uphill battle against state cuts.

Lawsuit settlement postpones elimination of the state-funded Adult Day Health Care program (ADHC).

As the midnight deadline for the Occupy L.A. camp to clear out came and went, the general consensus among police and protestors was one of resigned determination.

CHCF Center for Health Reporting senior writer Emily Bazar interviews Toby Douglas, chief deputy director of Health Care Programs in the California Department of Health Care Services and senior manage for Medi-Cal, about upcoming cuts to health coverage affecting poor, disabled and elderly Californians.

The Great Recession has led many young adults to move back in with their parents. But for actress-comedian Kat Ahn, it was her parents who moved in with her. And that was just the beginning.

Students give up the comforts of home during the rainy season to protest the state's education cuts.

Domino effect of budget cut will impact seniors, caretakers, businesses in Chinatown.

The pending closure of hundreds of ADHC facilities in California may destroy an important health program that might not be possible to re-instate later. Besides the affected sick seniors and disabled persons, thousands of caregivers are expected to lose jobs that may not return and many health business operators would have to leave the industry during this economic crisis.

A lifeline to nearly 100 Filipino American seniors and disabled persons at an Adult Daycare Health Center in the Historic Filipinotown is about to be cut off. Filipino American leaders are alarmed by Gov. Brown's decision, as its impact would be felt throughout their community.

As if losing their jobs and businesses and seeing their home values worth less than what they owed to the banks were not enough, many Asian families have fallen prey to financial predators who have turned their bad dreams into nightmares.

Not all Adult Daycare Health Centers (ADHC) serve their communities well. But by in large, the program is sorely needed by many frail seniors and disabled persons and their families.

Adult Day Health Center roller coaster coming to an end, as patients struggle with where they will go.

An Adult Day Health Care Center on Valley provides a daily refuge for 100 elderly immigrants. But along with hundreds of others, it could be forced to close at the end of the month.

Proponents of East LA becoming a city says Comprehensive Fiscal Analysis does not reflect fiscal viability of area.

California, with the second highest jobless rate in the U.S., saw small but hopeful gains in the past two months.

Los Angeles-area teachers this week were among the groups to publicly endorse the "Occupy LA" protesters who have been camped out at Los Angeles City Hall all month. Immigration rights activists have also joined the growing ranks of the Occupy LA protest movement.

A new California law gives agencies on aging a more realistic measure of elders' needs than the U.S. poverty line.

East Los Angeles Resident Association (ELARA) is pushing for popular vote to incorporate East L.A. as city.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced yesterday that she's pulling out of a pending 50-state settlement with banks over wrongful foreclosures, because she didn't want to give the banks blanket immunity.

Home Rescue Fair offers mortgage counseling to homeowners facing foreclosures and victims of scams.

Latest community meeting addresses questions on fiscal viability of East L.A. as city.

A roundup of non-profit and community development projects in L.A.

An upcoming community meeting presented by proponents will respond to data in CFA: Final report out last week.

The South L.A. event is part of the national "For the People" series of job fairs that offer networking and job opportunities.

A strike approved by 90 percent of grocery workers is put on hold after federal mediators order "intensive negotiations" between parties.

Tom LaBonge wants a serious discussion on annexing Whiteside neighborhood before cityhood efforts continue.

Scammers preying on homeowners in trouble exacerbates housing crisis.

The NC could soon be out of 'exhaustive efforts' to avoid decertification.