Latinos may be on the verge of becoming California’s largest ethnic group,

Latinos may be on the verge of becoming California’s largest ethnic group, but they’re no longer the state’s fastest-growing population.

Census data show that distinction now belongs to Asian-Americans. But, as a new report points out, understanding what the challenges are for that group is particularly complicated, considering the vast cultural and linguistic diversity that lies underneath the label “Asian-American.”

Part of the report focuses on housing. Host Stephanie Martin talks with Omar Calimbas, a housing rights attorney with the San Francisco-based Asian Law Caucus, which released the report Monday in conjunction with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.

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