A sprawl of mobile home parks house 10,000 people in Southern California’s Coachella Valley, but their drinking water is chronically contaminated. Now some solutions are in sight…
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As hundreds of bills sit on Governor Jerry Brown’s Desk for signature at the end of this legislative session, a cap and trade extension prevails as a win…for some. A ten-year extension to California’s landmark carbon market was approved in the middle of July this year—four years after its initial passage in 2013…
We had so much fun celebrating the water justice movement in Visalia last Thursday! In this current era of political turmoil, it was a great chance to connect with each other, celebrate progress, and remain united in our goals for social change despite the challenges facing the justice movement today…
In 2012, California made history when it became the first U.S. state to declare that clean drinking water is a human right. But five years later, nearly 300 communities still shouldn’t drink their water, according to new state data—and more than half of the 400,000 impacted residents live in the San Joaquin Valley. In this series, our reporters visit these communities, speak with residents, and explore the challenges to obtaining safe, clean drinking water…
The California legislature adjourned in the wee hours on September 16, closing out what legislative leadership is calling the “Most Productive Session in Memory.” From new parks, affordable housing to transit funding, to climate investments, campaign disclosure and immigrant rights, the legislature sent some amazing bills to Governor Brown’s desk…
Two new reporting projects launched this year by Valley Public Radio’s news team are helping to highlight pressing issues facing residents across the San Joaquin Valley, including water pollution and the regional shortage of doctors…
The Trump administration is increasing the environmental burden on low-income communities of color, a new report finds…
By hosting a series of in-district community town halls with our members and allied organizations like Causa Justa Just Cause, Tenants Together, and UFW Foundation, we created a space to educate elected officials on environmental justice, immigrant rights, and housing rights, engage community residents and their elected officials in dialogue on the issues that impact and matter to them, in order to create the resistance needed from our decision-makers in the face of a reactionary federal administration….
Water is undeniably one of the most important issues impacting the South San Joaquin Valley. As farmers, we are either worried about lack of water supply or over regulation of it, but as residents, we should also be concerned about water quality…
In 2010, Senate Democrats appealed to Republicans to pass federal climate legislation, only to see almost every conservative bail on them. Since then we’ve seen the old pattern repeat in statehouses and ballot boxes around the country: Democrats ask the GOP to hold the ball then go flying head-over-heels.