Tag: California

  • State Gets Failing Grade in Children’s Health

    By Kenny Goldberg The report card measures how well California children are faring in three major areas: education, health and the welfare of foster youth. There are 27 categories in all, ranging from K-12 funding to obesity. Children Now President Ted Lempert said California just doesn’t do enough to give kids a fair shot. “Despite…

  • Health Providers Speaking a Common Language on Interpretation

    The children of East African refugees in City Heights watch their mothers present on the need for better medical interpretation. Often, medical providers and patients call on English-speaking children to interpret at doctors appointments. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks One of the problems with getting medical interpretation over the phone is that…

  • Graphic: San Diego’s Curfew Push

    San Diego police have arrested hundreds of kids in recent years by conducting regular curfew sweeps in the city’s urban core. The sweeps have been widely publicized since their inception. What hasn’t received much attention is the decreased use of curfew enforcement almost everywhere else. While arrests have climbed in San Diego, they’ve fallen substantially…

  • Health Care Advocates Slam Proposed Cuts to Healthy Families Program

    By Kenny Goldberg Criticism continues to mount over Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget. Health care advocates are especially concerned about cuts to the Healthy Families program. Healthy Families provides low-cost dental, vision and health benefits to children of the working poor. About 875,000 kids statewide are enrolled. Brown’s proposed budget would cut the rate the…

  • What Is Redevelopment?

    By Andrew Donohue [Editor’s Note: Redevelopment as we know it is dead. But what exactly was lost in yesterday’s court ruling? Voiceofsandiego.org explains how redevelopment worked and what its demise could mean for local schools, neighborhoods and affordable housing.] Looking for a way to encourage development in rundown neighborhoods, the state created redevelopment in the 1950s. The…