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Prop. 32, measure to increase minimum wage to $16 an hour, trails in early polls

The Los Angeles Times 06 Nov 2024
The California Labor Federation and Service Employees International Union supported the measure, which was spearheaded by millionaire investor and anti-poverty activist Joe Sanberg. California's ...
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Schiff wins Senate race to fill the Feinstein seat in California

San Diego Union-Tribune 06 Nov 2024
Laphonza Butler, a California activist and labor leader who was appointed last year to fill the seat after the death of Dianne Feinstein ... Before her death at age 90, Feinstein had represented California in the Senate for three decades.
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Swing State toss-up: Will Democrats’ ‘Blue Wall’ hold?

The Real News Network 05 Nov 2024
On the ground in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a state crucial to the famed “blue wall,” one of the primary strategies for a Democrat win, TRNN speaks to voters, activists and canvassers to take the pulse of the city.
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Vandals Strike Jewish Fraternity AEPi House at Temple University in Philadelphia

The Algemeiner 05 Nov 2024
Violence, the report said, was most common at universities in the state of California, where anti-Zionist activists punched a Jewish student for filming him at a protest.
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Harris declines to reveal how she voted on California proposition that would toughen criminal penalties

CNN 04 Nov 2024
On the other hand, progressive and civil rights activists have criticized some of her policies during her time as California’s top cop, which lost her some supporters when she ran in the Democratic presidential primaries in 2019.
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Election Day is tomorrow. Here’s what the final California polls are saying

Yahoo Daily News 04 Nov 2024
This marks the final California poll to come out before tomorrow’s election ... The ballot measure would raise the California minimum wage from $15 to $18 ... California parents’ rights activists say movement is growing, despite political setbacks, via .
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RFK Jr. and Gavin Newsom agree: Ban artificial food dyes

Toronto Sun 04 Nov 2024
Kennedy has put his support behind a chorus of activists and a bipartisan group of legislators pushing for the change ... Regardless of who wins the presidency, more states could follow California’s lead and ban artificial dyes.
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NYU, UC Berkeley activists criticize crackdown on free speech at college campuses

Washington Square News 04 Nov 2024
Activists from NYU and the University of California, Berkeley joined a Wednesday night panel to discuss how student demonstrations in the 1960s’ free speech movement reflect ongoing tensions on college campuses amid the war in Gaza.
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Opinion: State should honor Cesar Chavez, not Junipero Serra, at U.S. Capitol

San Diego Union-Tribune 03 Nov 2024
California is currently represented by President Ronald Reagan and Father Junipero Serra. It is of utmost importance that California replaces the statue of Father Junipero Serra in the United States Capitol Building with one of Cesar Chavez.
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Attorney general slams Beverly Hills for ‘illegally interfering’ with abortion clinic

Santa Monica Daily Press 02 Nov 2024
The situation in Beverly Hills caught the attention of activists and state officials because it exposed the limits of California’s positioning as a haven for abortion rights ... a clinic in California.
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Letter: Why vote ‘yes’ on Measure QS

Santa Monica Daily Press 02 Nov 2024
It is true that per California law, our CBOC does not have authority to determine the projects; however, the District holds dozens of school site and community meetings as it creates the master plans for all school campuses, which are public record.
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An overview of LA-area city council and school board races, plus local measures

LA Daily News 02 Nov 2024
Candidates for California’s 27th Congressional district are ... California’s 27th Congressional District race between Republican incumbent Rep ... De León was in the California state Senate from 2010 to 2018 and before that he served in the Assembly.
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After a 350 mile walk, Sikh marchers call on California governor to protect them from foreign threats

Stars and Stripes 01 Nov 2024
The Fearless for Justice march was initially focused on commemorating the 40th anniversary of a genocide in India that killed thousands of Sikhs, causing tens of thousands to seek refuge in California ... Calls for surveillance of local Sikh activists.
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Prop. 6 supporters ask voters to end slavery in California. Isn’t it already illegal?

The Los Angeles Times 01 Nov 2024
Jay Jordan, founding partner of the advocacy organization Center for Social Good and a longtime criminal justice reform activist in California, said he understands why voters might be skeptical of eliminating job requirements.

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