Articles by Jackie Botts

July 2021

Unpaid Utility Bills? California Will Pay Off $2 Billion Worth to Avoid Shutoffs

June 2021

California Reparations Committee Confronts Harms of Slavery, Debates Direct Payments

May 2021

(CORRECTION) Newsom Proposes Expanding Golden State Stimulus to Middle Class

March 2021

‘Revolutionary’ Federal Stimulus Bill Could Cut California Child Poverty by Half

February 2021

Who Gets a California Stimulus Check? When?

Newsom, Lawmakers Agree to $600 Stimulus Checks Plus Boost for Undocumented Workers

January 2021

How California’s Budget Depends on Staggering Wealth Gap

Will COVID Spur California to Ease Food Stamp Applications?

November 2020

State Mandates Emergency Workplace COVID-19 Protections, Less Crowding for Guest Farmworkers

September 2020

Newsom Weighs Aid for Undocumented Californians Weathering Pandemic With No Safety Net

August 2020

Side Hustles, Liquidating 401(k)s: Here’s How Jobless Californians Are Getting by Without the Extra $600

July 2020

How COVID Is Deepening California’s Income Inequality in 5 Charts

April 2020

California Could Protect Stimulus Checks From Debt Collectors. Will Newsom Act?

The Art of the Deal: California’s Alliance Could Solve the Nation’s Mask Shortage

March 2020

Out of a Job? Can’t Pay Your Bills? These Proposals May Help Keep You Afloat Amid Coronavirus

February 2020

California Stopped Charging Parents for Kids’ Incarceration. So Why Are Some Still Stuck Owing Thousands of Dollars?

January 2020

California, 13 Other States Sue to Stop Trump’s Food Stamp Cuts

November 2019

‘We Need the Food That We Lost.’ Low-Income Families Still Reeling From Blackouts

College Students, Seniors and Immigrants Miss Out on Food Stamps. Here’s Why.

October 2019

These Bills Could Make Life a Little Easier for Low-Income Californians

July 2019

‘We’re Not Going to Be Able to Survive’: Why Californians Could Bear the Brunt of Trump Food Stamp Cuts

California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

June 2019

Newsom Doubled Down on a Tax Credit for the Working Poor. Why Does He Think It Will Work?