
Over the years, voting rights have expanded to give more people the right to vote; in 2020, California parolees could vote after Prop 17 passed.

The Delano City Council approved a motion Monday to bring additional information about a proposed temporary moratorium on data centers to its next meeting, following a discussion about the facilities’ potential impacts and the city’s ability to regulate them.

Immigrants applying for permanent residency in the United States now face expanded public charge requirements that allow immigration officers to consider public benefits previously excluded from green card decisions, including food assistance, health coverage, and housing assistance.

Delano Mayor Sal Solorio-Ruiz, council member Byran Osorio, and community organizations partnered for a press conference in front of Delano City Hall to condemn the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation as part of the statewide 45-day Safe California operation.

Earlier this month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly started a 45-day California operation. The United Farm Workers Foundation announced in a press release that, after raids in Fresno last week, they have not been able to see some people who were detained because ICE states they are not in the system.

One Rosdedale Union School District (RUSD) teacher, who feared retaliation for speaking publicly, said $250 is now being deducted from each of her monthly paychecks for health insurance.
As artificial intelligence continues to expand, so does the infrastructure needed to power it. In Kern County, proposed AI data centers are raising questions among residents and community organizers about how much water and electricity the facilities will use, what benefits they will bring, and how much say residents will have in the projects.
On August 27, a series of community organizations from across California joined together to discuss the fight against the rise of data centers in their respective communities.