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California Assembly GOP Plan Complicates Comeback Attempt

December 8, 2022
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Commentary California desperately needs two-party competition. Democrats have held every state office since 2011—and but for a single year in the Assembly, 1996, they have wielded majorities in both houses of the Legislature for 50 years, with supermajorities in recent years. One-party rule is not democracy. To try to get back in the game, Assembly…

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California’s Reparations Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting

June 16, 2021
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California’s reparations task force has met for the first time to begin the two-year process of drafting an apology to the descendants of African American slaves and exploring ways the state might compensate them. The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans elected international civil rights attorney Kamilah Moore to chair…

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State Assemblymembers Urge Legislature to Pass Rent Relief

January 7, 2021
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LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Los Angeles-area assemblymembers urged the California State Assembly to pass a $5 billion rental relief program to prevent mass evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. “COVID is not going away any time soon and millions of Californians need rent relief now. We are facing economic devastation and unprecedented levels of unemployment,” said Assemblyman Miguel…

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