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Community College Job Training Program Struggles Due to Unreliable Funding
Manage episode 478817024 series 1761649
As the state grapples with the homeless population of over 187,000 people, a new program at Santa Monica Community College is training students for jobs to help people get off the streets and into housing. But it also faces an uncertain future.
Guest: Marisa Kendall, CalMatters
Farmworkers in the U.S. have historically been excluded from overtime pay. That’s no longer the case in California. But on Wednesday, state lawmakers tabled proposal to help ag employers afford that overtime.
Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED
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1808 episodes
Manage episode 478817024 series 1761649
As the state grapples with the homeless population of over 187,000 people, a new program at Santa Monica Community College is training students for jobs to help people get off the streets and into housing. But it also faces an uncertain future.
Guest: Marisa Kendall, CalMatters
Farmworkers in the U.S. have historically been excluded from overtime pay. That’s no longer the case in California. But on Wednesday, state lawmakers tabled proposal to help ag employers afford that overtime.
Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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