Wendy Fry
Reporter | CalMattersWendy Fry is an Emmy-winning multimedia investigative journalist who reports on poverty and inequality for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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A possible migrant detention facility within two hours of San Francisco has some lawmakers concerned.
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California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself 鈥漚t the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.鈥
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In the first Trump administration, California passed a 鈥淪anctuary State鈥 law that, with some exceptions, prohibited local law enforcement from automatically transferring people to federal immigration authorities. Now the state is readying legal challenges to thwart a second Trump administration鈥檚 mass deportation plans.
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The president-elect鈥檚 border policies could hit trade, privacy, and immigrant families living in California.
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Ballot initiative would turn certain thefts and drug crimes into felonies, potentially helping expel some immigrants.
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The controversial idea of cash reparations divided even Black advocates in the legislature this year. Here鈥檚 what鈥檚 next.
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President Biden鈥檚 executive action could allow border agents to immediately return migrants to Mexico without considering their asylum claims. While the White House says the new measures will bring order, advocates for migrants say it could cause more chaos and danger.
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Some programs helping foster kids and families in crisis could lose all funding as lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom address budget shortfall.
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California鈥檚 electric rates are among the highest in the country. Three big power companies propose charging fixed rates based on income, saying low-income customers will save money. Critics doubt it鈥檒l work.
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Next Thursday, California鈥檚 first-in-the-nation task force on reparations plans to hand over to the state Legislature its extensive report and recommendations for how to compensate eligible Black Californians for the enduring harms of slavery.
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Two years ago, Blackstone bought 66 relatively low-rent apartment buildings in San Diego County from a charitable foundation. Tenants of those 5,800 dwellings say they see rent increases, maintenance issues and evictions in their futures.
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A pandemic-era public health policy known as Title 42, used to turn away asylum seekers at the U.S. southern border, is coming to an end just before midnight tonight, prompting concerns about unprecedented migration flows.