Metastasizing wildfires don't bode well for a state already under a thrice-extended state of emergency and energy emergency conservation alerts as a long-running, record-setting extreme heat wave continued to push California’s power grid to its limit.
The University of California San Diego campus on July 27, 2022. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters
An explosion of state and federal stimulus money during the pandemic led to an expansion of safety net programs — but now some of them could be whittled down or eliminated altogether as funds run out, raising questions about what comes next for the low-income Californians who benefitted from the services.
This month, state regulators are expected to vote on a new rule that could limit the pandemic-expanded number of discounts approximately 1.7 million low-income Californians use to help pay for their internet and phone services,.
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