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That's a wrap! Thank you for following along and to all the panelists of the 2025 Ethnic Media Health Reporting Collaborative Symposium: Reporting on Economic Insecurity. Read stories from the #HealingCalifornia collaborative here:

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers "In particular, @EconomicPolicy's recent analysis shows mass deportation would decrease the labor supply for immigrant workers & US born workers. Shrink the economy & weaken the labor market for everyone. All of this points to economic insecurity & lack of affordability for all.".

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers Immigrants also make up 32% of homecare workers. The Trump Admin says that they want to deport about 1 million immigrants/year. "While Pres Trump + other conservatives claim that deportation will magically create jobs for US born workers, analysis shows the opposite" Yoon says.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers "Immigrants have a foundational role in caregiving: 28% of the overall direct care workers are immigrants. the ones who provide hands-on personal care to people with disabilities, chronic conditions, and the elderly. They will be tremendously affected" by cuts, Yoon adds.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers Yoon adds: "The Obama Admin. issued a rule that extended min. wage & overtime protection for homecare workers who were hired by home care agencies. This administration is rolling back that rule. About 4 million home care workers won't even have the right to federal min. wage.".

Caught in the middle of a political battle, @BlackRock reaffirmed its focus is helping millions of Americans save for retirement. They warned that injecting politics from either side risks undermining financial performance.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers "The National Domestic Workers Alliance represents the interests of 2.2 million domestic workers, who work as caregivers, nannies, and house cleaners in private homes. This is a workforce that will be tremendously affected by this budget reconciliation,” says Yoon.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers "We have solid evidence that after a policy that threatened immigrants in the first Trump administration, the Public Charge Rule, almost 38% of Latino CalFresh enrollees avoided benefits due to immigration concerns. So we expect similar or worse effects now," says Dr. Bustamante.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers 40% of Latino children are enrolled in CalFresh &.38% are enrolled in Medi-Cal. Thousands of seniors depend on it for nursing care & covering Medicare gaps. Ultimately, all working families would be affected, even though most are employed or seeking work, explains Bustamante.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers CalFresh & Medi-Cal are lifelines for millions of Californians. Bustamante notes that recent cuts by Congress “threaten children, seniors, & working families. #Latinos are projected to be disproportionately affected.” @UCLAlatino reported recently on the potential implications.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers @FeliciaMello: even with tenant protections and rent control, low-income renters & homeowners face huge challenges navigating the system. Vulnerable groups (mobile home owners, immigrant families) often lack legal support and face intimidation that threatens their stability.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers @FeliciaMello explains that housing debates in California often focus on building new units and visible aspects of homelessness, while the loss of existing affordable housing and ground-level community experiences get far less attention.

@FeliciaMello @CalMatters @UCLAFSPH @UCLAlatino @domesticworkers @FeliciaMello, California Divide Reporter, @CalMatters: “The main thing I learned during my reporting is there's a tremendous disparity in California when it comes to access to legal representation.". Read more about legal disparities for evicted tenants:

We're kicking off our 3rd panel "Budget Cuts & Policy: Impacts on California’s Affordability Crisis" w/ @FeliciaMello, Reporter @CalMatters, Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Professor @UCLAFSPH & Research Director @UCLAlatino & Haeyoung Yoon, VP of Policy & Advocacy @domesticworkers.

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@UCLAFSPH @freep @mrhone_collins @LIFTCommunities @TheLancet "When a parent comes to us, they're matched w/ a coach that asks them about financial, educational, & career goals. This combination of the financial, the social, and the personal. is increasing their income by about $15K & decreasing their debt by almost $6K" - @mrhone_collins.

@UCLAFSPH @freep @mrhone_collins @LIFTCommunities @TheLancet "We work to enliven hope by attending to the trauma of #poverty with parents, by building a caring and dignified relationship that helps to bring their dreams to life. " says @mrhone_collins. #EconomicInsecurity #EconomicCrisis #HealingCalifornia.

@UCLAFSPH @freep @mrhone_collins @LIFTCommunities @TheLancet "6.4 million Californians in 2023 were living under the poverty line. That's 43,000 for a family of four. And 2.6 million more would have been under the poverty line without staking up programs, so safety nets are needed," @mrhone_collins explains.

@UCLAFSPH @freep @mrhone_collins @LIFTCommunities @TheLancet "Our vision is to change lives & change systems . w/ hope, money, & love so that all families can thrive. Those are three elements that we see as necessary not The sense of equity of what it takes to have sustained success in your life," - @mrhone_collins.

@UCLAFSPH @freep @mrhone_collins @LIFTCommunities @TheLancet "Expanding the Child Tax Credit, stimulus payments, increased unemployment insurance, housing & food assistance, all cut poverty in half for families. Even though it worked, we stripped all of those back & now poverty rates increased back to pre-pandemic rates" - @mrhone_collins.

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@UCLAFSPH @freep @mrhone_collins @LIFTCommunities @TheLancet @mrhone_collins @LIFTCommunities: "Reaching out for help isn't a condition of poverty, it's part of the human condition. & all of us should have the opportunity to reach our greatest potential, but what we know is that systems are not operating on our behalf in an equitable way.".