After a Times investigation found parents felt coerced into signing away custody of their kids, lawmakers and advocates call for reforms.
Poverty and Class
The Children’s Network of Hillsborough’s CEO said her office is working with legislators to address legal concerns.
The first 1,000 days of nutrition can set a child’s course for life or perpetuate a cycle of poverty.
The potent neurotoxin’s prevalence in LA County soils hasn’t been comprehensively mapped. We’re giving it a shot.
A Times investigation found the county’s lead foster care agency pushed hundreds of parents and kids apart outside of its usual system.
Every day, thousands of residents face the hardest financial choices, as households struggle to afford basic expenses.
Per-capita homelessness higher in Santa Clara, Alameda and San Francisco than rates of suburban counties.
Sky-high housing costs have made the region an outlier, pushing more people into homelessness and making it harder to escape
What one-night counts can and can’t reveal about the region’s homelessness crisis.
Prosecutors seemed to be targeting people who “can’t fight for their lives because they don’t have money for lawyers,” Shawn’a Hatcher said. “It’s dead wrong.”