#publicpolicy — Public Fediverse posts
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subject to the cloud act...?
seems likely
'Unnamed companies are looking at setting up six data centres in Tasmania, a document tabled by the state government in parliament reveals'
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Whoever owns the compute owns the world?
In my latest post, I argue that governments should own or co-own part of the infrastructure behind AI. Regulation and taxation matter, but neither gives us the control we need.
We Need Public Ownership of AI Infrastructure
https://marcpuricelli.cv/posts/we-need-public-ownership-of-ai-infrastructure.html -
Whoever owns the compute owns the world?
In my latest post, I argue that governments should own or co-own part of the infrastructure behind AI. Regulation and taxation matter, but neither gives us the control we need.
We Need Public Ownership of AI Infrastructure
https://marcpuricelli.cv/posts/we-need-public-ownership-of-ai-infrastructure.html -
Whoever owns the compute owns the world?
In my latest post, I argue that governments should own or co-own part of the infrastructure behind AI. Regulation and taxation matter, but neither gives us the control we need.
We Need Public Ownership of AI Infrastructure
https://marcpuricelli.cv/posts/we-need-public-ownership-of-ai-infrastructure.html -
Whoever owns the compute owns the world?
In my latest post, I argue that governments should own or co-own part of the infrastructure behind AI. Regulation and taxation matter, but neither gives us the control we need.
We Need Public Ownership of AI Infrastructure
https://marcpuricelli.cv/posts/we-need-public-ownership-of-ai-infrastructure.html -
Whoever owns the compute owns the world?
In my latest post, I argue that governments should own or co-own part of the infrastructure behind AI. Regulation and taxation matter, but neither gives us the control we need.
We Need Public Ownership of AI Infrastructure
https://marcpuricelli.cv/posts/we-need-public-ownership-of-ai-infrastructure.html -
Homeless encampments are being discussed at government meetings in Kalamazoo, Jackson, Ypslianti, elsewhere.
I interviewed people forced to leave in Kzoo last week. Many said they had nowhere to go.
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Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley recommends requiring new data centers to cover their eventual decommissioning costs. That makes absolute sense: taxpayers should not inherit the cost of dismantling abandoned industrial infrastructure.
Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbOMvv0jlAt/Provision text:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/other/BradfordCounty_Decommissioning_Provision_Corrected.txt#DataCenter #DataCenters #Decommissioning #TaxpayerProtection #LocalGovernment #PublicPolicy #LandUse #EnergyPolicy #Accountability #SalemOR
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Switzerland demonstrates how immigration can function as a strategic demographic engine to counteract population decline. This article examines policy design, labor-market integration, and long-term planning that make the Swiss model effective.
Read the full article: https://wix.to/u2LE9nC
Discussion prompt: Which elements of the Swiss approach are most transferable to other European contexts?
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RE: https://scholar.social/@natebowling/116919710245909045
'*gentrification* is the process by which a neighborhood experiences an influx of wealthier residents and investment, often bringing higher property values, new businesses, and changes to the built environment. None of those things are inherently bad. The trouble comes with what often follows...Displacement occurs when rising housing costs, taxes, rents, or changing neighborhood conditions make it difficult or impossible for longtime residents to remain in the community they call home'
#gentrification #disability #builtEnvironment #publicPolicy #livableCities
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Is Nepal Moving Toward a Socialism-Oriented Federal State or a Capitalist Economy? A Systems-Level Reflection on Nepal’s FY 2026/27 Budget
The Constitution of Nepal defines Nepal as a “socialism-oriented federal democratic republican state.” Multiple election cycles since the Maoist insurgency suggest that democracy has matured considerably. Political parties broadly operating within the republican democratic framework have consistently remained at the center of political competition. The most recent election, following the Gen-Z movement, arguably strengthened the foundations of the republican system. Political actors advocating a return to monarchy remained on the margins and failed to translate public unrest into electoral dominance. Historically, pro-monarchy sentiment tends to gain visibility when governments fail to deliver expected outcomes. The Gen-Z movement represented perhaps the strongest expression of dissatisfaction with the status quo political order. If the Nepali public genuinely favored restoration of monarchy, that election cycle would have provided an ideal opportunity for monarchy-supporting forces to emerge as a dominant political alternative. Instead, voters largely endorsed parties committed to republican democracy, reinforcing the democratic republican trajectory of the country. Yet another constitutional question remains unresolved: while Nepal appears committed to republican democracy, is it also moving toward becoming a socialism-oriented federal state? This article adopts a devil’s advocate perspective to examine whether the latest fiscal budget advances that constitutional aspiration or whether it reflects a different economic direction.
The Budget Represents a Development-State Strategy
Viewed from a systems perspective, the budget rests on a coherent developmental logic. Its central objectives are to accelerate growth through productive investment, strengthen state capacity through reform and digitization, and attract domestic, diaspora, and foreign investment. The underlying diagnosis appears reasonable. Nepal’s challenge is not merely a shortage of money but low productivity, weak state capacity, fragmented development efforts, and bureaucratic friction. The budget attempts to connect infrastructure, energy, agriculture, tourism, technology, and investment into a more integrated economic architecture. Borrowing is presented not as a tool for consumption but as an instrument for productivity-enhancing investment. From this perspective, the budget is essentially a wager on state capacity. If government institutions become more effective, projects are completed on time, corruption is reduced, and investment translates into economic growth, then higher borrowing may be justified. Many countries such as South Korea and Vietnam that successfully modernized followed versions of this strategy. The budget therefore deserves credit for attempting to move the conversation beyond annual expenditures toward a broader development framework.
Is the Budget Fundamentally a Trickle-Down Strategy?
A central question is whether the budget’s theory of change resembles a form of trickle-down economics. Much of the strategy focuses on investment promotion, infrastructure expansion, digitization, regulatory reform, business facilitation, and productivity growth. The implicit assumption appears to be that economic growth will eventually spread throughout society through employment generation, enterprise creation, and broader economic opportunities. The concern is not whether growth is desirable. The concern is whether the benefits of growth will reach marginalized populations quickly and equitably enough. Critics may reasonably ask whether the budget places greater emphasis on investors, businesses, and the middle class than on direct improvements in the economic conditions of vulnerable communities. If economic gains remain concentrated among those already positioned to benefit from investment opportunities, the constitutional aspiration of a socialism-oriented state becomes harder to reconcile with actual policy outcomes.
Do Specific Policy Choices Reflect a Capitalist Rather Than Socialism-Oriented Direction?
Several policy signals raise broader questions about the state’s economic philosophy. First, taxes imposed on education and health services are likely to be passed on to consumers unless strong regulatory mechanisms prevent it. If the objective is to increase reliance on public education and public healthcare, improving the quality and competitiveness of those services may be a more effective first step than creating additional costs within private alternatives. Second, electricity consumption thresholds before tax appear low relative to the growing electrification of modern households. As families adopt induction cooking, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and other appliances, many middle-income households could exceed these thresholds. The result may unintentionally encourage continued reliance on gas, firewood, or other fossil-fuel alternatives. If the objective is to redirect electricity toward industrial use, expanding generation capacity may be more sustainable than discouraging household consumption.
Third, enthusiasm for data centers, AI, remote work, and digital services raises a deeper strategic question. Is Nepal building on its own long-term comparative advantages, or is it once again responding primarily to incentives created elsewhere? Nepal previously moved away from potentially transformative assets such as electric public transport systems, ropeways, and large-scale reservoir hydropower development, and increasingly relied on labor export. The concern is not that digital industries are undesirable, but whether Nepal is repeating a pattern of chasing externally driven opportunities without a clearly articulated national development vision.
These examples create an impression that the budget may be nudging Nepal toward a model closer to contemporary market capitalism than toward the socialism-oriented framework envisioned by the constitution. Ironically, some parts of the capitalist Americas are currently witnessing renewed interest in democratic-socialist ideas and stronger social welfare policies, while Nepal appears to be emphasizing investment-led growth and market incentives.
The Real Debate may not Socialism Versus Capitalism
As the world is witnessing a renewed interest in democratic-socialist ideas and stronger social welfare, the deeper issue may not be whether Nepal is becoming socialist or capitalist country. The more important question is whether the assumptions underpinning the strategy prove correct. Several unintended consequences deserve attention. First, the key question is whether Nepal can finally convert borrowing into productive assets rather than accumulating debt without generating sufficient returns. Second, growth alone does not guarantee broad-based prosperity. The strategy assumes that gains from investment will spread through jobs, enterprise creation, and economic opportunity reaching marginalized communities. History suggests this outcome is possible but far from automatic. Third concern is about governance. The budget assumes improvements in administrative efficiency, project execution, corruption control, bureaucratic coordination, and institutional discipline. If these governance preconditions fail, borrowing could become another source of fiscal stress and public resentment rather than a catalyst for development. Fourth, the budget contains numerous concepts—corridors, processing, digitization, investment facilitation, infrastructure, tourism, and energy. Yet the overarching economic vision remains somewhat implicit. It is unclear whether these initiatives are components of a strategic coherent national development strategy or simply a collection of individually attractive policies held together by optimism rather than a clearly articulated economic vision. The assumption appears to be that combining these fragments will naturally produce prosperity, which deserves scrutiny.
The fifth concerns Nepal’s long-term development challenge. For more than four decades, billions of rupees have been invested in expanding road access into hill and mountain districts. While connectivity improved significantly, many districts continue to experience population decline as young people migrate to cities or overseas employment. Agricultural land is increasingly abandoned, wildlife pressures have intensified, and local economic opportunities remain limited. This experience suggests that infrastructure alone does not guarantee development. The more fundamental challenge may be employment generation, entrepreneurship, agricultural modernization, and innovation. A clearer budgetary focus on urban and rural entrepreneurship could potentially provide a more direct response to youth migration. Finance, training, vocational education, pilot programs, market access, digital economy initiatives, grants, loans, mentoring, and long-term support mechanisms could then function as supporting pillars around that central objective.
Finally, Nepal’s strategic location between India and China remains an underdeveloped dimension of national economic planning. The bridge-economy concept appears indirectly through investments in connectivity, energy, logistics, and regional development, but it remains insufficiently explicit. Positioning Nepal within the evolving economic geography of Asia may ultimately prove as important as any individual budget allocation.
Concluding, the budget reflects a serious attempt to accelerate growth, strengthen state capacity, and attract productive investment. Those objectives are difficult to oppose. However, important questions remain: are some policy choices moving Nepal closer to a market-capitalist model and trickle down economy than to a socialism-oriented nation; is there a sufficiently explicit economic vision connecting the many initiatives contained in the budget; can Nepal finally overcome its historic weakness in execution?The ultimate test will not be the size of the budget, the ambition of the plans, or the sophistication of the theories behind them. It will be whether the strategy creates productive employment, broad-based opportunity, stronger institutions, and a development pathway that keeps young Nepali invested in the country’s future. Efficiency can accelerate development. But democratic legitimacy, social inclusion, and long-term national purpose ultimately determine whether development becomes sustainable.
Note: This article is inspired by the article “New Team, New Budget: Nepal’s Big Development Bet [Part 1: Big Budget. Big Dreams. Big Assumptions.” published by Dr. Alok Bohora in his Substack website “Nepal Unplugged”. I was acknowledged in his successive article for contributing to the discussion. This article combines my thoughts together my synthesis of above mentioned article.
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#AgriculturalModernization #ArtificialIntelligence #bijeshMishra #BridgeEconomy #BureaucraticReform #Capitalism #ChinaNepalRelations #ConstitutionOfNepal #CorruptionControl #DataCenters #DevelopmentState #DiasporaInvestment #DigitalEconomy #EconomicGrowth #EconomicPolicy #EconomicVision #energyPolicy #Entrepreneurship #FederalDemocraticRepublic #FiscalPolicy #ForeignDirectInvestment #FY202627Budget #Governance #Hydropower #InclusiveGrowth #IndiaNepalRelations #InfrastructureDevelopment #InstitutionalReform #InvestmentPromotion #LaborMigration #MarketEconomy #NationalDevelopmentStrategy #Nepal #NepalBudget202627 #NepalDevelopment #NepalEconomy #PoliticalEconomy #ProductiveInvestment #PublicAdministration #PublicFinance #PublicPolicy #RuralDevelopment #SocialJustice #SocialismOrientedState #SouthKoreaDevelopmentModel #StateCapacity #SustainableDevelopment #TrickleDownEconomics #UrbanDevelopment #VietnamDevelopmentModel #youthEmployment -
U.S. Supreme Court’s Recent Decisions – What They Mean for You
The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up another historic term, issuing several decisions that could affect millions of Americans. From digital privacy and voting rules to presidential authority and gun rights, the Court’s rulings have implications that reach far beyond Washington, D.C.
Whether you live in Raleigh, North Carolina, or anywhere else in the country, here’s a straightforward look at some of the Court’s most significant recent decisions and how they may impact your daily life.
Digital Privacy: Geofence Warrants Face New Constitutional Limits
One of the term’s biggest technology and privacy decisions involved geofence warrants—court orders that require companies like Google to provide location information for devices near a crime scene.
The Supreme Court ruled that accessing this type of location history is considered a search under the Fourth Amendment and must receive constitutional protections. The case was returned to lower courts for additional review rather than creating a blanket rule for every geofence warrant. (Reuters)
What This Means for You
- Stronger recognition of digital privacy rights.
- Law enforcement may face stricter legal standards before obtaining broad location data.
- Smartphone users could receive greater constitutional protection over their location history.
Presidential Power Over Federal Agencies
In another closely watched case, the Court expanded presidential authority by allowing the President greater power to remove members of certain independent federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The ruling overturned a major precedent that had been in place since 1935. (Reuters)
What This Means for You
Potential long-term effects could include:
- Changes in how independent federal agencies operate.
- Different approaches to consumer protection and business regulation depending on the administration in power.
- Increased presidential influence over parts of the federal government.
Mail-In Ballots
The Supreme Court upheld laws allowing states to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day as long as they were postmarked on or before Election Day. The decision affects voting procedures in multiple states that already use similar rules. (The Guardian)
What This Means for You
- Voters in states with these laws may continue to have mailed ballots counted if they meet state deadlines.
- Election officials will continue following their state’s existing ballot-counting rules unless state legislatures change them.
Gun Rights Continue to Expand
The Court issued decisions that broaden protections under the Second Amendment, including striking down certain restrictions on carrying firearms on private property open to the public and limiting enforcement of one federal firearm prohibition. The rulings also signal that the Court may hear additional firearm-related cases in future terms. (Reuters)
What This Means for You
- Some state and local firearm restrictions may face additional legal challenges.
- Future Supreme Court decisions could further shape gun laws nationwide.
- State firearm regulations may continue evolving through litigation.
Why These Decisions Matter
Supreme Court decisions often become the law of the land, influencing:
- Personal privacy
- Voting and elections
- Consumer protections
- Government authority
- Criminal investigations
- Constitutional rights
Many of these rulings will continue to be interpreted by lower courts, meaning their full impact may not be known for months or even years.
How Could North Carolina Residents Be Affected?
For people across Raleigh and North Carolina, these decisions may influence:
- Privacy protections involving smartphones and digital technology.
- Future election procedures and voting policies.
- Consumer protections enforced by federal agencies.
- Firearm regulations challenged in federal courts.
- Future legal cases involving constitutional rights.
While some rulings take effect immediately, others simply establish legal standards that lower courts and lawmakers will apply over time.
Staying Informed
Supreme Court decisions often shape American life in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. From the apps you use on your phone to how elections are conducted and how federal agencies operate, the Court’s opinions can have lasting consequences for individuals, businesses, and local communities.
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#CivicEducation #ConstitutionalLaw #DigitalPrivacy #DoRaleigh #GeofenceWarrants #GovernmentNews #MailInBallots #News #NorthCarolinaNews #PresidentialPowers #PublicPolicy #RaleighNews #SecondAmendment #SupremeCourt2026 #SupremeCourtDecisions #USNews #USSupremeCourt #VotingRights -
The NEW Soylent Green
A Moses-like figure stands before the mic at an NRA convention and thunders, “I will give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.”
At the end of the sci-fi film Soylent Green, that same actor implores his detective boss to spread the news, “Soylent Green is people!”
In the movie, as the corpses pile up from an overcrowded, miserable earth, they are carted away in garbage trucks, secretly converted to Soylent Green, and fed back to the living. Soylent Green is better than the old Red and Yellow varieties, but it is scarce, so there are riots. A detective played by Charlton Heston discovers the deception. In a word, humanity has become cannibals, feeding upon itself, in a state-sanctioned system of cyclical violence.
Such is the world created by the NRA. It plays upon the irrational fears of a few to continue to thwart common sense gun legislation. Its largely successful lobbying over the years has distorted the original intention of the Second Amendment so much so that it has become almost impossible to pass laws more in keeping with the Founders’ intent.
When the bodies continue to pile up as a result of gun violence, and there is no legislative change primarily due to the lobbying of the NRA and the like, we are in every sense of the word disrespecting the dead and feeding upon ourselves.
In a state-sanctioned system of cyclical violence.
Like in Soylent Green.
And like the movie, the end result is not very pretty.
But go ahead. Watch the news.
Take another bite.
June 23, 2014
#2ndAmmendment #AmericanGunCulture #cannibalisticSociety #CharltonHeston #commonSenseGunLaws #cultureOfFear #cyclicalViolence #deathAndPolitics #Dystopia #Film #gunControl #GunViolence #legislativeParalysis #massShootings #moralOutrage #newsCommentary #NRA #politicalLobbying #propheticWriting #publicPolicy #Satire #SecondAmendment #socialCritique #socialDecay #SoylentGreen #stateSanctionedViolence #Violence #violenceInAmerica -
CW: Occasional Foul Language. Always Political.
Breaking: March to the White House breaks out at the All of U.S. 250 Rally in Washington, D.C.!Find a demonstration near you at allofus250.org
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#Coup #Activism #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump #NoKings #elections #50501Movement #WeAreTheResistance #WeHaveFriendsEverywhere #FDT #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #StopICE #protest #organize#MarchToTheWhiteHouse #AllOfUs250 #DCRally #WashingtonDC #PoliticalDemonstration #USPolitics #RallyForChange #PublicPolicy #DemocracyInAction #FindAProtest
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Universities need new ways to assess learning in the age of AI
#AI #GenAI #HigherEducation #Universities #Education #AcademicIntegrity #StudentSuccess #Teaching #Learning #EdTech #Canada #Education #FutureOfWork #Research #DigitalLearning #PublicPolicy
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This new book explains why your elderly parents’ retirement home, the nursery where you drop your children, or the company that pipes water into your kitchen is taken over by an increasingly intricate and deregulated industry.
If a private equity fund is "buying something using a lot a debt, [then] all of that debt is loaded onto the company that the private equity fund has acquired."
"Private equity has moved into care homes, housing, water, nurseries and other essential services."
"We have the power for it to be done otherwise."Hettie O’Brien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJKiVQZaks via @oscarjiminy
#mortality #publicHealth #housing #publicServices #retirement #careHomes #hospital #expansion #development #LBO #privateFinance #finance #privateFinance #privateEquity #capitalism #publicPolicy #assets #England #Wales #Scotland #privateSector #UK #Britain #Blackstone #property #realEstate #buildToRent #Macquarie #childCare #careIndustry #taxBreaks #pensions #extraction
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Canada needs a deeper municipal bond market
#Canada #Infrastructure #MunicipalBonds #Economy #Business #PublicPolicy #Municipalities #Cities #Finance #Investment #Taxation #EconomicGrowth #Transit #Housing #UrbanPlanning #Politics #InfrastructureFunding
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Children’s privacy is now critical infrastructure in the AI era
#AI #Tech #ChildPrivacy #DigitalRights #AIRegulation #DataProtection #PublicPolicy #CanadaPolicy #EdTech #UNICEF #OECD #CyberSafety #PrivacyLaw #Media #Culture #Privacy #Education #Social
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Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money
#Canada #HousingCrisis #Infrastructure #Cities #Municipalities #ClimateChange #Politics #Economy #CostOfLiving #Immigration #PublicPolicy #UrbanPlanning #Politics #Housing #Environment
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Upcoming #lecture talk at #UVIC.
From #Forests Frayed to Forests Renewed.
April 16, 2026.Join us April 16, 2026 at the University of Victoria for a thought-provoking talk with keynote speaker Ben Parfitt as he explores, Forests Frayed to Forests Renewed: The Case for Rezoning BC’s Public Lands.
Ben has covered #forestry and natural resource issues in #BritishColumbia since the 1980s both as a journalist and in his previous role as senior public policy analyst with the now-closed Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office. He is currently a reporter with The Tyee where he covers the forestry and oil and gas industries, among others, and their impacts on critical natural resources like water.
In his talk, Ben will explain the consequences of today’s outdated land use policies and outline how rezoning BC’s public lands can set us on a more desirable course by conserving at-risk primary forests, restore lands scarred by industrialization and support jobs in a refocused, value-oriented forest industry.
Whether you’re an activist, policy maker or someone passionate about environmental preservation this is a talk you won’t want to miss.
University of Victoria – [Lecture Theatre HSD A240]
Tickets: $20
https://bcpolicy.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F35215#BCpoli #CDNpoli #PublicPolicy #BCForestryReform #StopEcocide #NaturalResources #Degrowth #CarbonFootprint #FossilFuels #environmental #climate #PolicyChange #PolicyReform #WeCantDrinkOil #WeCantBreatheGas #StopDeforestation #WeCantEatDeadForests #YYJ #VictoriaBC
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How to keep plant-based foods on the table now that Veganuary is over
#Food #PlantBased #SustainableFood #PublicPolicy #Hospitals #HealthyEating #FoodSystems #ClimateAction #InstitutionalChange #Nutrition #Universities #LowCarbon #Sustainability #Veganuary
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Home ownership is a false promise in Canada
#Canada #Housing #HomeOwnership #Renters #Economy #HousingCrisis #Inequality #PublicPolicy #UrbanStudies #Montreal #Quebec #AffordableHousing #TenantsRights #HousingJustice #SocialPolicy #RealEstate #Property
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Burned out: How privatised risk is failing victims of climate disasters
#ClimateCrisis #PrivatisedRisk #ClimateJustice #Wildfires #DisasterResponse #InsuranceCrisis #HousingCrisis #SystemicFailure #PublicPolicy #EnvironmentalJustice
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On Jan 22nd, join our colleagues at Children Now for a webinar about how you can use the 2024 California Children's Report Card to support kids in your community.
The webinar will provide an overview of the findings in the Report Card; trends in children’s health, early childhood, education, and child welfare; and opportunities for local and state advocates to work together to build power, amplify community voices, and improve children’s outcomes.
Details and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jaWnI67IQ-Stk5llTGtI5g#/registration
#Children #ChildHealth #Childcare #Education #EarlyEducation #Data #Trends #California #PublicPolicy #PublicHealth
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Between 2019 and 2021, California lost more than 1,100 licensed childcare facilities and nearly 19,000 licensed spaces—more spaces than the number of children in Mendocino or 21 other California counties.
In 2021, child care spaces were unavailable for nearly a quarter of California children ages 0 to 12 with working parents.
This National Family Caregivers Month, revisit our blog series on the childcare crisis: https://bit.ly/3XOYq4X
#Children #Childcare #AffordableChildcare #WorkingFamilies #WorkingParents #PublicPolicy #Education #Caregivers #EarlyEducation #Preschool #Daycare
