May 2017 - Faith in the Valley

Livingston votes on resolution to become Merced County’s first sanctuary city

Livingston Becomes Merced County’s First ‘Sanctuary City’

By Brianna Calix—May 17, 2017 A heated meeting ended Tuesday night at City Hall in Livingston with a divided council formally declaring the city a ‘sanctuary’ for undocumented immigrants, prompting cheering and hugging in the audience. The Livingston City Council…

Faith in Merced Leader: If Trumpcare Becomes Law, It Will Truly Hurt Merced County

By Nancy Reding—May 15, 2017 This letter to the editor was originally published in the Merced Sun-Star. The recent AHCA vote will be painful for Merced County. If “Trumpcare” eventually becomes law, our community will suffer. Here’s what the law…

The Central Valley has some of the worst air pollution in America

Faith in the Valley Receives $600K Grant to Fight for Environmental Justice in the Valley

Our organization, in partnership with Public Health Advocates, is pleased to receive a substantial Sierra Health Foundation Cluster grant to engage parents, community leaders and partners across five counties in the Valley to make change in three areas affecting children’s health.

Livingston Begins Work on a Resolution to Become Merced County’s First Sanctuary City

The town appears to be on its way to becoming Merced County’s first sanctuary city, a symbolic self-designation meant to ease the minds of undocumented immigrants worried over ongoing changes to immigration policy under the Trump administration. Emotions ran high during the regular meeting of the City Council on Tuesday as about a dozen residents spoke, some in English and some in Spanish, recounting their daily fears related to the undocumented immigrant status of themselves or their loved ones.

Dozens gather at the Kern County Board of Supervisors chambers to hear Sheriff Donny Youngblood’s "non-sanctuary" proposal.

Organizers Help Defeat Sheriff’s ‘Non-Sanctuary’ Proposal

After meeting with four Kern County Supervisors in May, Faith in Kern organizers helped defeat Sheriff Donny Youngblood’s proposal to declare Kern a "non-sanctuary" county. The supervisors refused to support the proposal and said it was unnecessary and divisive. According to…

After Years of Organizing, Fresno Passes First-Ever Proactive Rental Housing Inspection Program

In 2016, we asked over 1,000 Fresnans of all backgrounds what issues they wanted to see prioritized by their next Mayor. We brought over 600 people together in April 2016 to hear from the candidates what they would do on…