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Assemblymember Mia Bonta sits on a yellow chair during a presentation titled "Reparations: A Movement for All Californians." The large projected text dominates the background, conveying the event's focus on reparations. Two other yellow chairs and tables with water bottles are visible, indicating a panel discussion or a speaker series, though the other seats remain empty.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, dressed is brown pants, a black jacket and a grey baseball hat, picks up trash from a homeless encampment.
A lawmaker, wearing a tan suit and blue-checkered tie, stands behind a lectern with a sign in the front that reads "Real Solutions; Lower Gas Prices" as they are surrounded by other lawmakers.
A new classroom at Burnt Ranch Elementary School in Trinity County on Dec. 13, 2019. Photo by Dave Woody for CalMatters
Viewed through a narrow, black sliver, Gov. Gavin Newsom stands at a podium while at a press conference.
A large crowd of people, mostly wearing face masks and some holding signs, stand with their arms linked to each other at the steps of an encampment set up at the UCLA campus.
A child, on the left side of the frame, places a toy fishing hook in to a small water well with other toys floating around, as his mother and father play next to him.
Two city workers wearing yellow vest clean up boxes, sheets and an orange tent of an unhoused individual on a ramp at a trolley station as a police officer watches nearby.
A live audience watches a projected screen showing the 2024 presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Trump appears on the left side of the screen, wearing a blue suit with a red tie, while Harris is on the right side.

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