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Housing crises in the nine undergraduate UC campuses make affordable housing for all hard to come by   By SABRINA FIGUEROA  —

Census + recall What a day Monday was. First, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that California will lose a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in the state’s 171-year history. Then, Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced that supporters of the effort to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom from office had gathered enough signatures to force the second gubernatorial recall election in state history and the fourth in U.S. history. Associated Press reporter Adam Beam: “We are in what’s called a ‘news vortex’ in California right now.” Here’s a closer look at what t...

42 2 minutes read Collage: Liberation News Staff On April 23, more than 100 people in Davis, California, gathered to mourn the continued lives lost to police violence. The vigil — organized by the La Raza Pre-Law Student Association — was a moving event that reflected on the victims of police and the families they leave behind. Participating organizations included Yolo People Power, Phoenix Coalition, Yolo Grassroots Collective, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and more. Speakers read poetry and invoked the names of Daunte Wright, Alex Toledo, and Ma’khia Bryant, each of whom was ...

I am a student at UC Davis, and even though I worked as hard as I could to pay for housing, I was at risk of homelessness.

CA's Student Housing Crisis Almost Ruined My Life Patch 2 hrs ago In summary I am a student at UC Davis, and even though I worked as hard as I could to pay for housing, I was at risk of homelessness. By Alexandra Olvera, Special to CalMatters Alexandra Olvera is a student at the University of California, Davis, Adolvera@ucdavis.edu. She is the co-president of her pre-law student association. The student housing shortage in California almost ruined my life and continues to threaten students across the state. I am a student at UC Davis and a victim of the prohibitive cost of student housing ...