Erica Yee – San Jose Inside

With New Bond Vote Pending, 2018 Bond for Housing Hits Snags

Erica Yee — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:02:29 +0000

Californians in March will vote on a $6.4 billion bond to build thousands of housing units for people with serious mental health conditions. A 2018 ballot measure made similar promises, but Santa Clara County and the rest of the state are falling short.

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Why are California Community Colleges Lagging Behind Their Transfer Goals?

Erica Yee — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:18:58 +0000

Community college officials said that the UC and Cal State universities rejected nearly 30,000 eligible community college applicants in the fall of 2020 — more than enough transfers to meet the community colleges system’s goal.

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California Student Test Scores Plunge, Showing Impact of Pandemic

Erica Yee — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:58:44 +0000

State test results show California students overall performed much worse in math and English language arts than pre-pandemic, but a persistent achievement gap didn't worsen, as initially feared. The results left education officials and experts neither surprised nor hopeless.

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Rain is Good News, but Doesn’t Change California’s Dire Drought Outlook

Erica Yee — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:00:05 +0000

Worsening droughts, competition for scarce supplies, sea level rise, groundwater contamination, earthquakes, wildfires and extreme weather all contribute to California water woes.

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Measuring California’s Progress on Income Inequality

Erica Yee — Sun, 23 May 2021 13:00:55 +0000

Expectations are high for a turnaround as experts say the federal relief alone could be enough to cut California’s child poverty in half.

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