California inasequible: Tom Steyer habla sobre políticas de vivienda, salud e inmigración
Tom Steyer. Foto: Gage Skidmore   El candidato demócrata a la gubernatura de California, Tom Steyer, afirmó que los votantes del estado enfrentan una elección entre los “intereses corporativos” y un cambio estructural profundo durante una entrevi...
It’s costing California more than expected to provide immigrant health care. Is coverage at risk?
California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households.   The California health care program that covers almost 15 million people is costing more m...
Steve Hilton presenta una visión conservadora para California en foro de medios étnicos
Steve Hilton. Foto: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)   El candidato republicano a la gubernatura de California, Steve Hilton, presentó una visión conservadora para el estado durante un foro virtual organizado por American Community Media, argumentand...
I judged Gavin Newsom’s podcast before listening. Then I realized I was part of the problem
The California governor’s new podcast, where he broke with Democrats on trans rights, triggered a media firestorm and evoked a variety of opinions from Californians.   When I saw the headlines about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, “This is Gavi...
Perspectivas y Experiencias de los Latinos sobre el Idioma Español
Si bien la mayoría de los latinos en EE.UU. hablan español, no todos lo hacen. El 24 por ciento de todos los adultos latinos dicen que solo pueden mantener un poco o nada una conversación en español.   Más de la mitad de los latinos en EE.UU. que...

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Wells Fargo invests $13M to help diverse small businesses

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04 May 2021 Elena Miramar Print Email
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Fund grants to provide capital and technical assistance to entrepreneurs impacted by the pandemic

Wells Fargo has announced $13 million in grants to Bay Area Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to help small businesses stay open and maintain local jobs. The funding will help the CDFIs provide grants, loans, technical assistance, and business coaching for diverse entrepreneurs.

Farmworker vaccinations expand with new clinics in California

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19 March 2021 Vision Hispana Print Email
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Farmworkers get information about Corona-19 vaccines at one of the clinics co-sponsored by the California Strawberry Commission.

 

COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available to strawberry farmworkers and other essential workers throughout California.

The California Strawberry Commission recently co-sponsored eight vaccine clinics that vaccinated more than 5,000 farmworkers in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. Last month, the strawberry commission began working with Dignity Health Dominican Hospital and the local, Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau to co-sponsor the first large-scale vaccination clinic for farmworkers on the Central Coast.

Impacto y supervivencia de las pequeñas empresas

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25 January 2021 Elena Miramar Print Email

Estados Unidos alberga a más de cinco millones de dueños de negocio minoritarios. El ocho por ciento de estos empresarios son hispanos, mientras que alrededor del cinco por ciento de todos los estadounidenses que trabajan por cuenta propia son negros y otro diez por ciento asiáticos.

Small business impact and survival

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25 January 2021 Elena Miramar Print Email
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America is home to more than five million minority-owned businesses. Eight percent of these entrepreneurs are Hispanic, while about five percent of all self-employed Americans are black, and another ten percent Asian.