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Sep 2020
16m 29s

The Final Push to Count Everyone in the ...

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There are still Californians who need to be counted for the 2020 Census. Here in the Bay Area, there’s the extra challenge of making sure we count people who don't have housing and families whose homes have been affected by wildfires. And this matters a lot, because who gets counted will help determine Congressional representation, federal funding, and how we define Bay Area identity for the next 10 years.

Guest: Tyche Hendricks, KQED editor and reporter covering immigration and the 2020 Census

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