Tag Archives: Desarrollo Económico
Extra Edition: Small Business Plight.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 PROGRAM #9039 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Small Business Plight. A survey shows that small business owners feel that the fact that Congress and the White House are ignoring a Covid relief package shows that there is a disconnect between Washington and Main Street USA. Small shop owners talk about their plight […]
California’s Rent Control Initiative.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 PROGRAM #9035 11:00 AM PT California’s Rent Control Initiative. California is voting again on rent control. Proposition 21 would expand the housing units that could be covered by rent control to almost all, as long as they are more than 15 years old. Fears to a wave of evictions due to the […]
Extra Edition: Orale Covid-19! Also, Farm Workers: Shortchanged.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 PROGRAM #9027 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Orale Covid-19! Medical researchers will soon be visiting farm working towns and neighborhoods in California’s Central Valley to offer free Covid-19 testing for farmworkers. In coordination with local community groups, clinicians and lab technicians will tour areas where coronavirus is out of control on mobile […]
Community Covid-19 Relief.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 PROGRAM #9015 12:00 PM PT Community Covid-19 Relief. After the coronavirus pandemic started taking thousands of lives and destroying livelihoods by the millions, and in the absence of a federal bailout for millions, a community-based network serving low-income families set out to raise money to help households in most need to pay […]
The Elusive Relief Bill. Also, “The Financial Buoy.”
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 PROGRAM #9008 12:00 PM PT The Elusive Relief Bill. The federal government funding for the states’ jobless benefits is coming to an end. Meanwhile, in the Senate, parties are far apart on a possible plan to deal with the pandemic economic crisis. Still, recent comments by President Trump leave the door open […]
Mexico Edition.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 PROGRAM # 9004 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. Internationally acclaimed Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez released on digital platforms the album “Para la espera (For the Wait), which is dedicated to the memory of friends who recently passed away. The album is also a gift and a message of hope to those who […]
Coronavirus: Extra Edition.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 PROGRAM # 9002 11:00 AM PT Coronavirus: Extra Edition. The California legislature passed and the Governor signed legislation to protect from evictions tenants who are struggling to pay their bills due to the Covid-19 crisis. A leading author of the Covid-19 Tenants Relief Act explains the contents of the new law, including […]
Clean Energy Jobs Hit Hard by Pandemic. Also, Climate Crisis Endangers Workers Health.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 PROGRAM # 9001 12:00 PM PT Clean Energy Jobs Hit Hard by Pandemic. Latinos are among the hardest hit by the loss of jobs and they are at risk of losing more jobs in the second wave of firings due to the coronavirus crisis. One industry where Latinos had made inroads and […]
Celebrating Latino Workers.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 PROGRAM # 8998 12:00 PM PT Celebrating Latino Workers. This is a special Labor’s Day edition. In the current campaign trail, conservative politicians are equally bashing California and Latinos, using them as a political piñata. Both the state and Latino workers and their families are being portrayed as burdensome, lawless and dirty. […]
Eviction Protections. Also, California’s Wealth and Latinos.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 PROGRAM # 8994 12:00 PM PT Eviction Protections. The Centers for Disease Control issued a surprising temporary stop on evictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The new evictions ban will protect renters through the end of the year. At the same time, California passed the Covid-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020, […]
