Felicia Mello
CalMattersFelicia Mello covers affordable housing, labor rights and environmental and social justice for CalMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics, and a JPR news partner.
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Floodwaters devastated the small communities of Pajaro and Planada in early 2023. California gave each town $20 million to recover 鈥� but as residents face down another winter, much of the aid has yet to reach them. -
Proposition 33 would have given cities more freedom to limit how much landlords can raise rent. -
The Yes and No on 33 campaigns have collectively spent more than $140 million. CalMatters fact checked some of the more pervasive claims made by both sides. -
Some California colleges are responding to campus sexual assault and harassment with restorative justice: a process that brings together the student who was harmed, the person who harmed them and the community to seek solutions.
