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A.M. Splash: State Has Over 6 Million in Poverty; Poll Finds 51% in Favor of Calif. Tax Measure; Zuckerberg Fortune Falls to $9.4 Billion

September 20, 2012, 8:22 am • Posted by Laird Harrison
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More than 6 million Californians now living in poverty (SJ Mercury News) More than 330,000 Californians fell below the poverty line in 2011, bringing the ranks of California's poor to more than 6.1 million, according to statistics being released Thursday … Continue reading »

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California Bucks Trend in Child Poverty

February 23, 2012, 6:08 pm • Posted by Mina Kim
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Children growing up in areas of concentrated poverty are more likely to experience stress, drop out of school, and grow up to be low-income adults. Those are some of the findings of an Annie E. Casey Foundation report released Thursday. … Continue reading »

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Bridging a Summertime Food Gap

June 27, 2011, 12:29 am • Posted by Dan Brekke
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In Oakland, about 20,000 schoolchildren are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals under a federal program that subsidizes lunch (and in many cases, breakfast) for children from low-income families. Those families face a dilemma when school is out for … Continue reading »

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