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California governor Gavin Newsom, at odds with his fellow Democrats, has vetoed AB957, a bill that had been passed with overwhelming support in the state legislature. The bill was written to protect the health, safety, and welfare of transgender and...
by VPSReports
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on Sat Sep 23, 2023 at 05:05 AM PDT
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Los Angeles, CA — The struggle between Big Oil, represented by the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), and climate justice, environmental and public interest groups, amped up in California this week. Fifty-five organizations sent a letter to...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Sep 21, 2023 at 11:44 AM PDT
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I wanted to share a neat event coming up next week Tuesday in San Francisco. Full Circle Fund is hosting an interactive learning event run by Catalyze SV. Focused on collaborative community solutions to the housing crisis, Catalyze SV President Alex...
by Peter Olandt
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on Thu Sep 21, 2023 at 05:11 PM PDT
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Biden, Zelenskyy fight for democracy at U.N. House GOP in 'civil war' as government shutdown looms, impeachment scam moves forward... Thanks to the billionaire-funded rightwing media machine (and much of the corporate media that is a part of it), it...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 07:12 PM PDT
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California officials may vote Tuesday to slash how much water the company that makes Arrowhead bottled water can pull from a watershed in the San Bernardino National Forest, the latest action in a ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Sep 24, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
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Details are sketchy so far, but a Scripps News report has this: During a campaign event in California, an armed man impersonating a U.S. Marshal was arrested when he tried to approach Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. In a social...
by xaxnar
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on Sat Sep 16, 2023 at 10:38 PM PDT
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This is an edited version of short speech I made at the climate justice rally, march and festival organized by a broad coalition of groups in Old Sacramento on September 17. The activists urged Governor Gavin Newsom and President Joe Biden to halt...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Sep 16, 2023 at 06:42 PM PDT
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NEW YORK – On September 16, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that California is suing Big Oil “for more than 50 years of deception, cover-up, and damage that have cost California taxpayers billions of dollars in health and...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sat Sep 16, 2023 at 11:03 AM PDT
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On September 12, the California State Senate approved SB 389, legislation by Senator Ben Allen (D – Santa Monica) that gives the State Water Resources Control Board the power to verify pre-1914 and riparian water rights. The bill passed by a vote of 30...
by Dan Bacher
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on Fri Sep 15, 2023 at 04:24 PM PDT
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On Wednesday, September 13th, a small group of conservative protesters and far-right extremists from Freedom Angels, Leave Our Kids Alone, Mom Army/Dad Army (Moms For Liberty copycat groups), and Gays Against Groomers held a rally outside of the...
by VPSReports
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on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 10:24 PM PDT
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SACRAMENTO, CA – On Sunday, Sept 17 starting at 11 a.m., hundreds of climate justice advocates from dozens of groups across northern and central California will hold a “joyous” Action to End Fossil Fuels in Old Sacramento. The advocates will call on...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 04:53 PM PDT
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The self described "concerned parents" of the Leave Our Kids Alone movement have been pushing anti-LGBTQ+ hate in Southern California schools while illegally stripping LGBTQ+ students of their civil rights. They have instigated violent brawls at school...
by VPSReports
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on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 07:12 PM PDT
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A San Bernardino Superior Court judge has temporarily halted Chino Valley Unified school district's illegal policy to force teachers to out transgender and non-binary students to potentially bigoted family members following a lawsuit by California...
by VPSReports
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on Tue Sep 12, 2023 at 06:53 PM PDT
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If there is any individual across the country that has made it so incredibly obvious to the entire universe that he wants to run for President in the future, it would be this man, Gavin Newsom. ...
by TheDashFiles
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on Wed Sep 06, 2023 at 06:00 AM PDT
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Two leading democrats, Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff said the 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause was a perfect match for Trump! Donald Trump is hit with more devastating news as January 6 Committee member Adam Schiff becomes the highest profile...
by annieli
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on Mon Sep 04, 2023 at 02:09 PM PDT
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Photo source For several years Silicon Valley billionaires, including Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs’s widow, secretly have been buying up tens of thousands of acres of the nation’s most productive farmland in pursuit of a plan to replace the farms with...
by cfordlaw
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on Mon Sep 04, 2023 at 12:56 PM PDT
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Silicon Valley billionaires behind a secretive $800 million land-buying spree in Northern California have finally released some details about their plans for a new green city, but they still must ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Sep 09, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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SACRAMENTO, CA – Friends of the River (FOR) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), along with a coalition of tribes and environmental organizations, on August 31 submitted a protest against the water rights application and...
by Dan Bacher
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on Tue Sep 05, 2023 at 03:53 PM PDT
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In a vote that has outraged climate and environmental justice advocates, the five members of California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today just unanimously approved Southern California Gas’s application to increase the capacity of the notorious...
by Dan Bacher
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on Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 04:47 PM PDT
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The following historical background on forced sterilization of minority girls and women in the U.S. and beyond runs long, even without delving into the Nazis’ study of U.S. 17th-19th century policies toward indigenous people and the disabled as a basis...
by mettle fatigue
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