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This represents about 3% of hospital encounters in California hospitals. [16] Among homeless adults in California, 45% describe their health as "poor or fair," and 60% report having a chronic disease. [2]: 54 In March 2019 The Atlantic reported on outbreaks of tuberculosis and typhus in homeless shelters throughout California. These outbreaks ...
New data shows nearly 186,000 people now live on the streets and in homeless shelters in California, proving the crisis continues to grow despite increasing state and local efforts to stem the tide.
(The Center Square) - Newly released federal data says California’s homeless population grew to 187,084 at the start of 2024, up from 181,399 in 2023, raising questions about the efficacy of the ...
Most immigrants without legal status in the state, about 2.4 million people, have resided here for more than a decade, a factor that distinguishes California from other parts of the country.
Issi Romem, an economist at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley said: "...as long as abundant new housing was built to accommodate those drawn to California, housing price growth was limited and the state's allure was channeled into population growth: From 1940 to 1970 California's population grew 242 percent faster than the national pace, while ...
Mexicans made up 52% of all undocumented immigrants in 2014. There were 5.8 million Mexican undocumented immigrants living in the US that year, down from 6.4 million in 2009, according to the latest Pew Research Center estimates. [7] California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Illinois accounted for 59% of undocumented immigrants in ...
Immigrants are California's lifeblood. With the mass deportation on the horizon, it's more important than ever to support immigrants and recognize the vital role they play in our society.
During the late 1980s, CHIRLA's activities focused on three major areas: education, political advocacy, and community organization.At this time, majority of their advocacy work was centered around helping undocumented immigrants fill out their applications that would grant them a form of legal status through the amnesty provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act. [1]