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- Economic Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
California lost its way in 1994 with Prop. 187, but that tragic episode gave birth to a new California consciousness - one that will now do everything within its power to protect our diversity and the economic power it has created.
- Cooperation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability.
- Bag
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, we absolutely need to eliminate the single-use plastic bag, but we don't have to eliminate the jobs of hardworking Californians to accomplish this goal.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dependence on oil from volatile foreign markets undermines our economic security and threatens our national security. Moreover, that addiction is producing toxic air and a public-health epidemic.
- Efficiency
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- Nov 07, 2020
There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clean air shouldn't be a privilege dictated by where you can afford to live but a right to which we are all entitled.
- Crafting
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- Nov 07, 2020
No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring together the best from each corner, taking what works from government, the private sector, and our local communities and crafting common-sense solutions to gun violence.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care.
- Voted
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worry about civil-rights activists being targeted as black-identity extremists. I worry about the government saying, 'I don't like this progressive blogger' and subjecting them to scrutiny.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity... you can't ask for patience.
- Donald Trump
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.'
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to change on its own.
- Cap
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cap and trade is an important tool in California's climate policy portfolio. It sends a price signal to industries to reduce their carbon pollution while generating billions of dollars in revenue for investments in clean transportation and direct pollution reduction.
- Clean Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy.
- Clean Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother passed away young - she died from ovarian cancer at just 54 years old. Her sacrifices for my sisters and I evoke a tribute in her honor each and every Mother's Day.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not into political gamesmanship.
- Trust
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol.
- Means
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have proven that you can actually move strong, progressive policies, grow the economy, and improve the human condition.
- Position
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to lead from a position of strength.
- Federal Funding
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Trump's threat to weaponize federal funding is not only unconstitutional but emblematic of the cruelty he seeks to impose on our most vulnerable communities.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins.
- Financiers
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet is now the catalyst in our society for growing our economy, engaging in the democratic process, and connecting with one another. It is an information equalizer, and everyone from farmworkers to financiers deserves fair access to it.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
California's university system is one of the premier higher education systems in the world, and we should require that non-resident students pay a premium to attend it. The revenue generated from these fees can be used to increase affordability and access for more Californians.
- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us.
- Governor
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- Amtrak
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- Nov 07, 2020
The infrastructure at Union Station is antiquated. High-speed is going to come in eventually. We need to upgrade that system. Every day the Metro comes in, the Amtrak comes in, and they idle their engines for hours, spewing poisonous toxins - all that crap - into the air.
- Healthful
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
The days of Democrats biding our time, biting our tongue, and triangulating at the margins are over.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
California Democrats - we fight on the front lines - we don't equivocate on the sidelines.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We speak truth to power, and we've never been fooled into believing Donald Trump 'can be a good president.'
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
In California, we celebrate our diversity. We celebrate who we are because we're proud of who we are; we're proud of where our families come from.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
From education to the environment, from high wages to health care to human rights, California is proof that progressive policies put into action improve the human condition of all individuals.
- Complicit
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- Nov 07, 2020
We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering the legal immigration system.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know how to do a press release, so I'd call the local Assembly member and say, 'Hey, can you fax me one of your press releases?' 'Which one?' 'Any one.'
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe other states should be in the business of luring production out of California. We've made it clear that no one is going to out-compete California.
- Naive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not delusional. Listen, I am not naive to the fact that people are not shouting my name all over the state of California.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good president.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America.
- American Citizens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in the streets of San Diego, and I love this city dearly. I love this city. San Diego is my home. Even though I represent Los Angeles, this is my home.
- Community College
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020