Citizen involvement critical in challenging times
https://cafwd.org/wp-content/themes/osmosis/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Deborah Nankivell Deborah Nankivell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b89195cf59314a03361a810d67b0fb52df543b7b26bbe208d1dea17458282579?s=96&d=mm&r=gAs a transplanted Minnesotan, I have considered it a privilege to live in what I thought was the Golden State, a place of rich diversity, inspiring creativity and incredible beauty. However, as I have lived in the San Joaquin Valley, I have been shocked to find levels of poverty mirroring the Third World and a California culture so fragmented I had to wonder if the principles laid out in the founding documents made it to the West Coast.
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