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A Tale of Two States

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One in five babies and toddlers in California are born into poverty.

In some counties the rate is much higher.

Meanwhile, thanks to a string of tech IPOs, San Francisco is about to be home to thousands of newly-minted millionaires.

Even though Lyft's initial public offering got off to a rocky start, the company managed to create billions of dollars pretty much overnight.

Sure, a million or several would be great. But I think I'd feel a little guilty knowing that just a short drive away, almost half of the children younger than four years old are living in poverty.

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