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Posted in [STATE WATCH](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/state-watch). ## [Did the Pandemic Create More Income Inequality in California?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/state-watch/23928-did-the-pandemic-create-more-income-inequality-in-california) The sharp pandemic downturn of 2020 followed this pattern with low-income workers suffering the most. But unprecedented government relief kept millio… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f8/016u1-f8348475.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/state-watch/23926-big-tech-takes-flight)### [Big Tech Takes Flight](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/state-watch/23926-big-tech-takes-flight) Written by Joel Kotkin on February 24 2022. 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