Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, provides health insurance to adults, children and families with low incomes. To get Medi-Cal, you have to make less than about $1,800 per month if you're ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants California to stop enrolling more low-income immigrants without legal status in a state-funded health care program starting in 2026 and begin charging those already enrolled a ...

California halted a $30 million e-bike voucher program after a troubled rollout, a decision criticized by Sacramento residents who received bikes. The California Legislature initially set aside $10 ...

The Western US is at the epicenter of America’s affordable rental housing crunch. California’s particular shortage of nearly 1 million affordable and available renters exceeds every other state, ...

BUT OPPONENTS SAY A TAX IMPACTS LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND HURTS SMALL BUSINESSES.### A NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY... AND STILL BE ...

As the cost of living rises, driven by a housing affordability crisis, the very definition of being “low income” is changing. In Orange, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties, the threshold for a ...

A single person making an income above $100,000 is now considered low-income in five counties in California, according to a report. The distinction now applies to individuals living in Santa Cruz, ...

(Above: Nexstar Media Wire on the cost of living in the U.S. and whether the middle class is shrinking) SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The threshold for a single-person household that qualifies as “low ...

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To the editor: I worked in the L.A. County Department of Public Health for many years. I am appalled and saddened by the ending of clinical services at seven public health clinic sites, the result of ...