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Latinas ganan terreno en legislatura de California: son mayoría en el caucus latino

"A punto de cumplir cinco décadas de haberse creado la bancada o caucus latino de la legislatura de California, alcanzó un número récord de miembros en su mayoría mujeres latinas.

Al mismo tiempo dos legisladoras latinas del sur del estado se convirtieron en las nuevas líderes del caucus latino de la legislatura estatal.

La asambleísta de Riverside, Sabrina Cervantes y la senadora de Long Beach, Lena González prestaron juramento este mes como presidenta y vicepresidenta de la bancada latina legislativa de California por un periodo de dos años."

Sac Bee: A record number of Latino lawmakers are heading to California’s Capitol after midterm election

By: Matthew Miranda

Latinos, mostly Democrats, continue to make gains in the Legislature, pushing them closer to equal representation with California’s population.

With midterm results finalizing, the Legislature is on track for its largest class of Latinos in history, increasing from 32 to 39 lawmakers. All but five of them are Democrats.

Latinos will now make up 32.5% of the California Legislature, which consists of 80 Assembly seats and 40 Senate seats.

Sac Bee: COVID-19 is still ‘attacking Latino households’ in California eight months into the pandemic

By: Kim Bojorquez 

At a small gathering in mid-June, Monse Villarreal celebrated her college graduation at her family’s Sacramento home. The graduation ceremony had gone virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the first person in her household to graduate from college, it was important for the 22-year-old to mark the milestone with her loved ones.

But more than two weeks after the gathering, her grandmother, Hermelinda Ruiz, had trouble breathing and chest pain.

Sac Bee: California Latinas earn less and are laid off first. A new initiative wants to change that

By: Kim Bojórquez

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, announced a new initiative Friday with a “laser focus” to address economic and educational disparities impacting Latinas, who represent one in every five Californians.

The “Unseen Latinas Initiative,” an effort by the California Latino Legislative Caucus led by Gonzalez, is a two-year initiative that is planned to lead to solutions to address the opportunity gaps Hispanic women face.

Bloomberg: Covid-19 Relief for Undocumented Would Boost the Economy for All

Depriving workers of $1,200 checks caused a $10 billion loss in economic activity.

By: Lorena Gonzalez and Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda

Among the many policy failures of our national Covid-19 response, the exclusion of 18.1 million people, including 4.9 million U.S. citizens, from federal stimulus packages will go down as one of the most economically devastating self-inflicted wounds.

Sac Bee: Newsom signs law to give more undocumented Californians a tax break worth hundreds of dollars

By: Kim Bojorquez

A new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday allows more undocumented immigrants to receive a state tax credit worth hundreds of dollars.

The change is meant to put money in the pockets of low-income households regardless of immigration status during the recession brought on by the coronavirus outbreak. California is the only state offering the so-called Earned Income Tax Credit to undocumented residents.

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