#NationalPhilanthropyDay honors a simple but powerful tradition: working together for the greater good. For generations, nonprofits, charitable foundations, donors, and volunteers have helped communities have the resources and care they need to thrive. (1/7)

A new series from @capitalandmain.bsky.social, supported by Irvine, highlights the stories of low-wage workers navigating California's cost-of-living crisis and examines the policy and organizing efforts to raise pay and make life more affordable. Check out the series at: irvine.ly/4ish0xy

Overall, Californians are 21 points more likely to say AI will cost jobs than to say it will create them, and they have good reason to think so. Companies are already using AI as an excuse to hire fewer employees and lay off workers—just look at the entertainment industry.

What do young Californians think about AI? 25–44-year-olds report experiences with deepfakes, as well as unfair automated decision systems and changes at work. Early in their careers, they lack the power to determine how the companies they work for deploy AI. techequity.us/2026/10/13/h...

How young Californians feel about AI - TechEquity Collaborative

We spoke with young Californians whose futures will be shaped by emerging policy and tech to hear their views on AI.

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At Irvine, we believe all eligible voters should be able to cast a ballot and have it counted, so they have a say in the decisions that affect their lives. That belief is central to our work, and it matters even more when the right to vote feels uncertain. (1/5)

Today, our hearts are with Dolores Huerta’s family, friends, and the communities she supported through her tireless advocacy. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore (1/2)

A year ago, OpenAI got the green light to restructure as a for-profit company, on the condition that its nonprofit mission would still come first. irvine.ly/4sqm34C (1/4)

OpenAI Report Card

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Irvine's Don Howard and Economic Security Project's Teri Olle outline three questions California’s AI agenda must answer:   - What systems need reform in the age of AI?  - Who pays for a just AI transition?  - Will CEOs or the public decide how AI shapes our future?  irvine.ly/4zO2nu2

AI is California’s next Big One. The future governor must prepare accordingly. - Capitol Weekly

The next governor will tackle a long list of problems, but an AI agenda must be top priority.

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Although the need for caregivers is constantly growing, the wages in most states do not reflect that value. The median wage — half earn more, half less — is less than $17 per hour. capitalandmain.com/the-workers-...

The Workers Who Care for Us Can’t Afford to Get By

A California care worker’s 65-hour weeks and $17.50 hourly wage illustrates the precarity facing home care workers across the country.

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Ensuring that low-income workers can influence the decisions that affect their lives is essential to Irvine’s goal. That commitment is reflected in North Bay Jobs with Justice's organizing efforts because change can only happen when workers raise their voice. Watch on: youtu.be/VmttPqho0wc?...

Working more than 60 hours a week, care worker Julio Godinez averages about $3,750 in net income each month. Even a cursory run through his monthly bills either taps out that total entirely or leaves Godinez actively in the red.

The Workers Who Care for Us Can’t Afford to Get By

A California care worker’s 65-hour weeks and $17.50 hourly wage illustrates the precarity facing home care workers across the country.

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After caring for his parents, Julio Godinez came to realize that caring for others in their own homes, allowing people to age in place and avoid institutional settings like nursing homes, was his calling. (1/3) irvine.ly/4Bj94G5

The Workers Who Care for Us Can’t Afford to Get By

A California care worker’s 65-hour weeks and $17.50 hourly wage illustrates the precarity facing home care workers across the country.

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A new report from Irvine grantee partners explores how “bossware” is reshaping working conditions, undercutting established labor protections, and shifting power toward employers, often without workers’ knowledge or consent. Read on: irvine.ly/4zudU1s

Irvine grantee North Bay Jobs with Justice is bringing in farmworkers’ traditional ecological knowledge into climate resilience careers that heal the land while providing better pay, safer working conditions, and opportunities for worker leadership. Watch the full video at: youtu.be/VmttPqho0wc?...

Join us on Oct. 20 to learn how funders can help coalitions turn policy into practice and scale their impact, as well as how to build understanding among foundation leaders and trustees about the importance of supporting coalition efforts: irvine.ly/4hL7FPF Speakers include Irvine’s Shruti Garg.

Charitable foundations and nonprofit organizations across California work hand in hand to improve the places we call home, helping communities respond to today's challenges and build toward what's next. (1/3)

As California workers and communities increasingly face wildfires, floods, and extreme heat, #SonomaCounty farmworkers are partnering with North Bay Jobs with Justice to strengthen the state’s preparedness for and response to climate-related events. Learn more: youtu.be/VmttPqho0wc?...

What would a workforce system look like if it were designed around people rather than programs, contracts, funding streams, and federal requirements?  Check out the photos below to learn from the Los Angeles Workforce Development Board.

Nationally, nearly half of adults over 60 don't have the household income needed to cover basic costs. But Salud Garcia is also one of the millions of workers trying to stretch their dollars in California — increasingly, a daunting and often unreachable goal.

She sounded tired. She should have. It had been a long day, and another hourslong commute home, a grueling part of her daily life, lay ahead for the 83-year-old Garcia.

“I wish I could retire,” Garcia said. “But I don’t think that will happen.”

But as an hourly employee, Garcia has never been able to out-earn her expenses. Her rent, food and transportation costs keep climbing, putting every month on the edge financially.

Inside a nondescript warehouse in nearby Inglewood, she stands over steaming industrial dishwashers for hours at a time, loading dirty plates from previous flights to be cleaned and sanitized for reuse.

Garcia has been working full time at the same Los Angeles International Airport food service company for 33 years, trying to build financial stability for herself.

NEWS: For Salud Garcia, the numbers still don’t add up. It isn’t for lack of trying on her part.

She Leaves Home Before Dawn to Get to Her Low-Wage Job. She’s 83.

Salud Garcia’s struggles echo those of millions of low-wage workers across the nation, where mounting costs erode their already precarious footing.

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Salud Garcia has been working full time at the same Los Angeles International Airport food service company for 33 years. But as an hourly employee, she has never been able to out-earn her expenses, despite living modestly. irvine.ly/3VaBdhY (1/3)

She Leaves Home Before Dawn to Get to Her Low-Wage Job. She’s 83.

Salud Garcia’s struggles echo those of millions of low-wage workers across the nation, where mounting costs erode their already precarious footing.

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NEWS: Salud Garcia has been working full time at the same Los Angeles International Airport food service company for 33 years, trying to build financial stability for herself. But as an hourly employee, Garcia has never been able to out-earn her expenses.

She Leaves Home Before Dawn to Get to Her Low-Wage Job. She’s 83.

Salud Garcia’s struggles echo those of millions of low-wage workers across the nation, where mounting costs erode their already precarious footing.

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58% of Californians fear AI will drive up the cost of basic necessities such as housing and electricity. Looking around the country, that fear is justified. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Learn more: https://ow.ly/mBLr50ZPf83

Coming soon from Capital & Main: High Costs, Low Wages This series explores how California’s low-wage workers are navigating the cost of living crisis in one of the nation’s most expensive states, and examines policy solutions that could ease the burden.

We’re thrilled to share that we provided $33.9 million in grants this quarter to advance our goal of a California where all low-income workers have the power to advance economically! 1/6