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  • Dec 25, 2025

CIVIC DUTY

Salinas approves over $1 million on a pilot rental assistance program.
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Salinas approves over $1 million on a pilot rental assistance program.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Dec 8, 2025

On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Salinas City Council unanimously approved over $750,000 for a pilot rental assistance program. The program will aid Salina…

After repealing ordinances, Salinas mayor announces alternatives to address the rental crisis.
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After repealing ordinances, Salinas mayor announces alternatives to address the rental crisis.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jun 12, 2025

Two days after Salinas City Council voted 5-2 to repeal four housing-related ordinances, including a rent stabilization cap of 2.75 percent an…

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  • Feb 8, 2024

ON THE PLATE

MPUSD launches a website to teach other school districts how to support homeless students.
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MPUSD launches a website to teach other school districts how to support homeless students.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Sep 7, 2023

Schools are increasingly seen not just as places for learning, but hubs for needed resources.

The pandemic-era eviction protections are over, leaving tenants to fend for themselves.
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The pandemic-era eviction protections are over, leaving tenants to fend for themselves.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Jul 28, 2022

Following multiple deadline extensions and years of assistance amid the spread of the coronavirus, July 1 marked the end of pandemic-era evict…

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  • Apr 14, 2022

RENT AID

Those who didn’t quite qualify for rental and utility assistance can seek new help with debts.
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Those who didn’t quite qualify for rental and utility assistance can seek new help with debts.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 10, 2022

In the past year, over 8,000 Monterey County low-income households have received $46 million in rental and utility assistance out of $50 milli…

The eviction moratorium finally comes to an end but renters can still seek protection.
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The eviction moratorium finally comes to an end but renters can still seek protection.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 30, 2021

There were no more reprieves in Sacramento for California’s Covid-19 eviction moratorium earlier this month, after legislators extended it twi…

United Way predicts they won’t run out of funds for utility and rental assistance programs.
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United Way predicts they won’t run out of funds for utility and rental assistance programs.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • May 11, 2021

Just a few weeks after Monterey County’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program started accepting applications from people who have struggled to …

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