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The city of San Diego redistricting commission did not respond to requests from Voice of San Diego about its plans for language assistance.

AFRICAN COMMUNITIES WARN LANGUAGE ISSUES COULD SHUT THEM OUT OF REDISTRICTINGMAYA SRIKRISHNANFEBRUARY 10, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

It also launched a “help map” inside its app, which allowed users to flag in their profile that they were available to help neighbors who might need assistance amid the pandemic.

HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BROKE NEXTDOORREBECCA HEILWEILFEBRUARY 9, 2021VOX

Olivia Wein, a staff attorney for the National Consumer Law Center, said she feared that Lifeline could face the same fights that plague the annual funding for home energy assistance and many other federal aid programs.

LACKING A LIFELINE: HOW A FEDERAL EFFORT TO HELP LOW-INCOME AMERICANS PAY THEIR PHONE BILLS FAILED AMID THE PANDEMICTONY ROMMFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Carlos, to that point, I can absolutely say that there are people who do need more assistance.

WHEN MADISON CAWTHORN FELT ‘INVISIBLE’EUGENE ROBINSONFEBRUARY 9, 2021OZY

The driver called his cousins for assistance, according to police.

CHIEFS ASSISTANT COACH BRITT REID INVOLVED IN CAR ACCIDENT THAT INJURED TWO CHILDRENMARK MASKEFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST

When this happens, I back away from the door and make a gesture of thanks, keeping an appropriate distance and refusing the assistance.

MISS MANNERS: DECLINING HELP FROM THE UNMASKEDJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Here is a summary of some of the bills introduced in state legislatures as compiled by Carol Burris, with research assistance from Anthony Cody and Marla Kilfoyle.

BETSY DEVOS IS GONE — BUT ‘DEVOSISM’ SURE ISN’T. LOOK AT WHAT FLORIDA, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND OTHER STATES ARE DOING.VALERIE STRAUSSFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

It’s hard to recall many struggles in which the devastation was too great for sports to provide some emotional assistance.

THIS ODD SUPER BOWL WILL BRING US TOGETHER FOR A DAY. LET’S NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.JERRY BREWERFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

City officials said they are working with Wendy’s, which has been at the intersection since the mid-1980s, to provide the restaurant with assistance for relocating.

D.C. ACQUIRES ‘DAVE THOMAS CIRCLE’ ON NEW YORK AVENUE THROUGH EMINENT DOMAINDANA HEDGPETHFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST

As a last-chance bid for assistance, Barbara sent an email to Pandemic of Love’s founder Shelly Tygielski, who contacted Barbara the next day asking for all of her bills that were past due or coming due.

OUR FRAGILE OPTIMISMSUSANNA SCHROBSDORFFJANUARY 17, 2021TIME

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