California gets $18 million from federal program for farmworker housing
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- Written by CDFA
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Six farmworker housing projects in California have been awarded $18 million in loans from the USDA’s Farm Labor Housing Loan and Grant Program to help qualified organizations develop housing for farmworkers, make housing repairs, and provide household furnishings.
Assemblymember Garcia Highlights Importance of Coachella and Imperial Valleys in Renewable Energy and the Green Economy
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- Written by Imperial Valley News
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, Senate President Pro-Tempore, Kevin De León, as well as representatives from the State Building Trades and environmental groups discuss the importance and benefits of renewable energy and its economic impact. The Don Vial Center at U.C. Berkeley released a study that looks at California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard and its impact on job quality in the renewable energy industry.
California welcomes proclamation of National Farmers Market Week
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- Written by Karen Ross, Secretary, CDFA
- Category: California News
Sacramento, California - My former boss at the USDA, Tom Vilsack, recently signed a proclamation designating August 7-13, 2016 as “National Farmers Market Week.” This is the 17th annual event showcasing the important role that farmers markets play in local economies. We appreciate the USDA’s commitment here in California, where certified farmers markets have been in place since Governor Brown signed legislation creating them during his first stint in office in 1977.
Girl Scouts can help parents make energy-saving decisions at home
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- Written by Rosemary Mena-Werth
- Category: California News
Stanford, California - Adults get most of the credit for structuring and managing the world, but researchers are finding that children play a much bigger role in society than we often imagine.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Urges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Reconsider Discriminatory Blood Donor Deferral Policies
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- Written by IVN
- Category: California News
Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf to abandon the practice of deferring blood donations from men who have had sex with a man (MSM) even once within twelve months of attempting to donate blood. In the letter, Attorney General Harris argues that modern technology and an increasingly sophisticated understanding of HIV allows the FDA to implement alternative non-discriminatory, scientifically sound methods for ensuring the safety of the nation’s blood supply
How state policies shortchange early educators and millions of kids
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- Written by UC Berkeley
- Category: California News
Berkeley, California - Policies in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., shortchange the 2 million educators who are shaping the future of 12 million children in childcare and preschool across the nation, according to a report released today by UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.
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