Photo: Patrick Sabey, 4, and his mother, Caroline, who recently lost her job, make lunch at their Oak Park apartment.
The Los Angeles Times follows the story of single mother as she struggles financially to support herself and her son. She worked at a $55,000-a-year job and was laid off in February. She now has to resort to other means to gain money, seeing the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. Middle income families across the Unites States are facing similar challenges and are struggling for aid. Many of these families are discovering that because of their status and how much money they made they do not qualify for aid because the program is intended for families that are really poor and if anything puts them at a disadvantage. Food stamp denials went up 14%, general relief denials went up 10%, and Medi-Cal denials went up 7%.
Today, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, state finance officials are accounting whether California will receive enough federal funds to avoid a $3 billion in tax increases. Whether or not California will get relief is undecided until tomorrow. The state, however, will go ahead with a $1.8 billion personal income tax increase as well as a $1 billion cuts to health care, human services, public university systems and state courts.
The San Diego Tribune informs that the San Diego county is experiencing tough times due to the economy. Its unemployment went up from 8.7% to 8.8% and will continue to go up as more and more people lose their jobs. "The sectors losing the most jobs included construction, down 10,100 jobs; retail, 8,600; administrative and support services, 5,700; manufacturing, 5,200; wholesale, 3,400; leisure and hospitality, 2,900; and finance, 2,500."
Ivan Lopez
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