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Assemblymember Juan Alanis speaks on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 13, 2024. Photo by Cristian Gonzalez for CalMatters
Dolores Huerta, founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, speaks during a rally supporting SB 299, which would expand voter registration efforts, at the Capitol in Sacramento on June 12, 2024. Photo by Cristian Gonzalez for CalMatters.
Assemblymember Liz Ortega, a San Leandro Democrat, addresses reporters on newly unveiled legislation on taxing the rich, during a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 23, 2023. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters
A home burns as the Dixie fire jumped Highway 395 south of Janesville on Aug. 16, 2021. Photo by Ethan Swope, AP Photo
SEIU union members and supporters rallied at the Capitol in Sacramento in protest of budget cuts on June 11, 2024. Photo by by Renee Lopez for CalMatters
The Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board meeting at the San Diego County Administration Center on Oct. 17, 2023. Photo by Kristian Carreon for CalMatters
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Democrat from Hollister, left, and Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, applaud newly sworn in Senate president pro tempore Mike McGuire, a Democrat from Healdsburg, at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Feb. 5, 2024. Photo by Hector Amezcua, Sacramento Bee via Pool

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