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Posts Tagged ‘board of supervisors’

With no benefits and less pay than prosecutors, entry-level public defenders want a raise

By Gisela Perez de Acha | October 2, 2018

They have no health insurance. They work ten or 11-hour days. They have no free weekends. No, they aren’t flipping burgers at a fast food restaurant. They are attorneys on the government’s payroll. Public defenders, the lawyers hired by the county government to aid those who cannot afford legal representation, showed up at the Contra…

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Contra Costa supervisors approve healthcare for undocumented immigrants

By Angelica M. Casas | September 24, 2015 | 2

Lidia Arizmendi has been waiting a year and a half for kidney stone surgery. A diabetic, she has no health care insurance, and because she is an undocumented immigrant, she has had few options to find coverage. Now, that may be changing. Like thousands of other undocumented residents of Contra Costa County, Arizmendi will be…

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Council hears plan on Point Molate rehab, ups ante in race for call center

By Sean Greene | March 6, 2013 | 7
view of Point Molate

After 10 years behind lock and key, the Point Molate Beach Park could re-open as early as this summer, a city official told the Richmond City Council Tuesday night. The council unanimously approved a two-part plan to rehabilitate the park, which would cost up to $115,000. In a relatively short three-hour meeting, the council also…

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Working to represent Richmond

By Robert Rogers | April 21, 2010 | 2

The race between incumbent John Gioia and challenger Mister Phillips to represent West Contra Costa County came to Richmond Monday night.

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