Changing Lives By Building Credit History — One Micro-Loan At A Time
23 Nov 2019
At an office building in San Francisco’s Mission District, a small group of people that just met sat pondering how much money to give to each other — between $50 and $200 per month.
One by one, a bus driver, a science teacher and others around a table said “200,” until Jazzel Woods Sr.’s turn came up.
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Connecting Immigrants, Refugees To Tech Jobs
Nov 22 2019There are nearly 2 million immigrants and refugees currently in the U.S. who have college degrees from their home countries but are unemployed or working far below their skill level. The Bay Area Council’s Workforce of the Future team, in partnership with Upwardly Global, hosted the third annual Technology Career...

With the Valley Link commuter train heading to town, the city of Tracy is trying to get ahead of the demand for development that will inevitably come with a new downtown train station.
On Nov. 14, the city and De Novo Planning Group of El Dorado Hills held a...

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom issued the following statement regarding the Legislative Analyst’s Office's annual state budget outlook:
“This budget assessment points to a broader truth. California is now the fifth-largest economy in the world. Our state is proving what big-hearted, progressive governance can look like – all without breaking the bank...