n communities across the country, families are striving to give their children a good start in life. They share a common desire for their babies to be healthy, happy, and secure. Yet far too many families face considerable obstacles.
As National Crime Victims’ Rights Week enfolds, legislative and government leaders are taking action to magnify the voices of survivors of violence and crime victims. Commnunity organization leaders as well as Assemblymembers Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Eloise Reyes and Sen. Maria Elena Durazo joined survivors of crime in a virtual town hall discussion on April 21, 2020 about the key role community-based crisis assistance services play in stopping the spread of COVID-19 among California’s most vulnerable communities. The goal for the call was to find ways to build more comprehensive systems to effectively respond to the COVID-19 crisis and the violence it
Out-of-work gig workers in California whose employers have not paid into the state’s unemployment insurance fund — as well as Californians without jobs who have run out of unemployment benefits — will be able to file new unemployment claims.