In violation of agreements reached with the Federal Office for Civil Rights in 1979, San Francisco General Hospital is not providing equal services to its non-English-speaking patients. Waits of as long as two hours for interpreters have become the norm, and Latino and Asian patients are often forced to postpone appointments and leave the hospital because interpreters are unavailable.

Hazardous lead-based paint obtained from the government was discovered on public housing for migrant workers in a California community. Reporter Susan Ferris reveals that housing officials strongly suspect the same paint may have been used in 19 other migrant centers throughout the state.

In California's Central Valley, use of lead-based paint in a migrant housing center prompted concern about the potential for dangerously high levels of metal in young children. This news program explores one Bay Area neighborhood, where lead-based paint is common in older homes. CIR staff provided research for this story.

Fourteen categories of the 100,000-250,000 homeless people in California -- from mentally ill adults to veterans to evicted families -- have been identified by the state. But officials have overlooked a new and growing group: the disabled homeless.