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This key California climate program doesn’t need a rubber stamp — it needs overhaul

For years, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard program has given well-connected industries handouts for questionable climate benefits. An energy researcher says California needs to completely overhaul the program.

By Danny Cullenward • 10 月 30, 2024

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To support California farms, state regulators need to stay the course on this climate program

California dairies have utilized the Low Carbon Fuel Standard climate program to reduce emissions and adopt cleaner fuels. A key upcoming vote to amend the program would hurt sustainable dairies, a farm manager argues.

By Sal Rodriguez • 10 月 30, 2024

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Many California workers can’t ask for better pay. Prop. 32 lets voters speak for them

Proposition 32 would increase the statewide minimum wage to $18, and has the potential to change lives for California's working-class communities, a longtime laborer says.

By Victor Moreno • 10 月 16, 2024

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Why raising the minimum wage won’t make California more affordable

The minimum wage ballot measure, Proposition 32, will hurt California businesses and local governments, increase costs for consumers and fail to improve affordability, argues a Sacramento business owner.

By Jim Relles • 10 月 16, 2024

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加州需要第 36 号提案帮助追究芬太尼危机的责任

California voters will soon decide whether to reclassify certain theft and drug penalties under Proposition 36. A formerly homeless man who misused drugs and was arrested for theft believes the ballot initiative will rightly restore accountability and compassion.

By Tom Wolf • 9 月 17, 2024

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加州各地都有监狱改造的成功案例。第 36 号提案将使未来的监狱改造面临风险

今年秋天，加州选民将决定是否根据第 36 号提案重新划分某些盗窃和毒品处罚。如果更多的人因更严格的法律而入狱，一些人担心这可能会消除对关键康复计划的资金并增加累犯率。

By Felix Valdez • 9 月 17, 2024

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对于有移民父母的加州人来说，投票成为一项神圣的权利

Barriers to voting disproportionately impact marginalized members of California's communities. Voting is a privilege, and one that people with access should exercise.

By Namrata Venkatesan • 9 月 11, 2024

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了解首次投票者的动机可以激励其他加州人参与

Every voter has their own reasons for casting a ballot — nonvoters do, too, they just might not realize it yet. By hearing from first-time voters about their passion, disaffected voters might find a reason to participate this fall.

经过 凯特·麦夸里 • 9 月 11, 2024

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作为一名新公民，我在加州投票是为了纪念塑造我的社区

As a DACA recipient in San Diego completed her citizenship ceremony, she thought of "the community that poured into the cup of this once-undocumented Mexican girl with big dreams."

By Itzel Maganda Chavez • 9 月 11, 2024

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在加州监狱服刑多年后，投票对我来说是一次战胜沉默过去的个人胜利 

对于曾经被监禁的人来说，第一次有机会投票，心里百感交集。在多年被剥夺权利之后，投票是一种赋予权利的行为。

By Richard Richardson • 9 月 11, 2024