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Joined July 2018
We stand in solidarity with AAPI leaders calling for Vice-Mayor Chao to apologize for saying the Chinese Exclusion Act was not racist. We call on community members to sign up to give public comment during oral comment forms.gle/GABet8fEZGPDvDj39 cupertinoforall.org/updates/…
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Many thanks to @CaltransHQ and all of the men & women from #CalTrans Districts across the State who have been working hard around the clock, in challenging conditions, to keep highways and major lifeline routes open during these storms! #Dedication #Service
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Engineers have feared for years that BART’s Transbay Tube would leak — perhaps even flood — during a major earthquake, with water pouring in faster than people could get out. On Monday, BART will begin a $313 million retrofit. Read more: trib.al/vOUGioX
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Between climate denial & vaccine denial, we‘re in a period of science denial. People are entitled to their opinion - even opinions that have no factual basis - but they aren’t entitled to their own facts. Let’s base public policy on science & facts.
Hundreds protest for right not to vaccinate children in Washington during ongoing outbreak of measles hill.cm/5Tr9UxV
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HISTORY THREAD: I spent a lot of time in the state archives and library for my piece on Article 34, the California constitutional provision passed in 1950 that requires a public vote before building public housing. The background is fascinating. latimes.com/politics/la-pol-… (1/10)
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Attention all L.A. County residents affected by the #WoolseyFire: Important deadlines are coming soon. For more info and useful resources, visit lacounty.gov/lacountyrecover….
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Orange County is about to get a lot more connected! 🍊🚋🔄🚅 Today @goOCTA officially broke ground on the #OCStreetcar, an exciting new project that's going to link business centers, transit systems, & communities through @CityofSantaAna & @CityGardenGrove!
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Want to help families affected by the #WoolseyFire? Donate to these local nonprofits this #GivingTuesday.
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Congratulations to our newest graduating class of IT Apprentices! Upward mobility for our members is a priority. #iChooseMyUnion
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#TrafficAlert -- There are four #CaliforniaWildfires related closures as of 2 p.m. today. Please check quickmap.dot.ca.gov and call 1 (800) 427-ROAD before you go to learn about current traffic conditions, road closures and chain controls for winter travel.
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“Urban density is one cure for this” - referring to the risk we face when so much of our new housing is built in wildfire-prone areas
Shout-out in the recent Political Gabfest by @emilybazelon about @Scott_Wiener's proposal to Legalize Apartments Near Transit (SB827)!
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We can’t avoid catastrophe but we can prepare for it, we can recover from it – and we will. #CaliforniaFires bit.ly/ButteFire
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Nonprofit organizations and foundations across Northern California have established funds and donation centers to help the 52,000 people affected by the #CampFire. Here's how you can help: bit.ly/2DhOr2x
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A majority of millennials say they would rather spend their driving time doing something else AND that their car isn't worth the cost of maintenance. Problem is, they mostly don't have any good alternatives. usa.streetsblog.org/2018/11/…
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California is allocating $90+ million to ensure an accurate Census count & #CACounties will receive nearly 1/3 of that money. Join CSAC & @CAGovOps tomorrow at 10:30 AM for our "Counting on Funding: How to Get #Census Dollars" #webinar for more info: bit.ly/2Ok9fbH
The time for bipartisan compromise has come. Let’s get to work to enact federal infrastructure modernization bill! #infrastructure washingtontimes.com/news/201…
Quite a statement from the former GOP leader in the California State Assembly: “The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time. The Grand Old Party is dead…if the Republican Party can’t evolve, it may be time for a third party.”
Kristin Olsen's turn: GOP is dead in California. A new way must rise calmatters.org/articles/comm… via @calmatters
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