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Ben Christopher is a Bay Area journalist and CALmatters contributor.

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A close-up of homemade posters written and painted by protestors reading "HOUSING JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE!" and "CANCEL RENT"
A new legal settlement between the state and a coalition of anti-poverty and tenant rights groups means that some California tenants will get another shot at rent relief, even though the COVID-era rental assistance program has officially ended and the state's housing department previously denied them.
A protective face mask lies discarded on a pedestrian footpath on May 13, 2020 in Marina del Rey, California.
In highway crash statistics, unemployment claims, anti-Newsom lawsuits and florist sales, the numbers in these charts present a “before” and “after” picture of these last surreal, lonely, heartrending, life-ending and life-altering 365 days.
Susana Braxton ora durante el Día Nacional de Oración por la Libertad Religiosa frente al Centro de Administración del Condado en el centro de San Diego el 8 de agosto de 2020. | Sandy Huffaker/CalMatters
Desde marzo, figuras religiosas han intentado (sin lograrlo) convencer que jueces deroguen las restricciones de salud pública de California sobre reuniones masivas como violaciones inconstitucionales de la libertad religiosa. Parece que eso cambiará.
Susana Braxton prays along with other worshippers during the National Day of Prayer for Religious Liberty in front of the County Administration Center in downtown San Diego on August 8, 2020. | Sandy Huffaker/CalMatters
From the pandemic's start, religious leaders have been trying and failing to convince judges to strike down California’s restrictions on mass gatherings as unconstitutional violations of religious freedom. Supreme Court decisions could change that.
$100 bundles arranged in a silver briefcase. | Flickr/Wall Boat/Creative Commons/Public Domain
Explore how much money has been poured into each proposition with this interactive tool from CalMatters.
 vigil to protest against US President Donald Trump's new crackdown on 'sanctuary cities' outside L.A. City Hall 01/25/17 | photo Mark Ralston/AP/Getty Images
Where things stand on Pres. Trump's threat to defund "sanctuary" jurisdictions
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