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This November, voters in Sonoma County will decide on a first-of-its-kind proposal, known as “Measure J,” to ban large concentrated animal feeding operations. The industrial farms primarily raise chickens, ducks and cattle. Kristina Garfinkel, a Santa Rosa resident and an organizer with the Coalition to End Factory Farming, said...
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Una enorme coalición de 170 grupos se manifestó en Sacramento el miércoles 22 de mayo, presionando a los legisladores para que incluyeran una medida de bonos climáticos en la boleta electoral de noviembre en California.. La medida de bonos autorizaría al estado a pedir prestado $10 mil millones para...
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A huge coalition of 170 groups rallied in Sacramento on Wednesday May 22, pressing lawmakers to put a climate bond measure on California’s November ballot. The bond measure would authorize the state to borrow $10 billion for projects to mitigate the effects of climate change. Abraham Mendoza III, policy manager with...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters El lento conteo de votos se ha convertido en un elemento básico de las elecciones de California, y en una frustración nacional, a medida que el estado ha pasado a votar abrumadoramente por correo. Es el resultado del tiempo adicional que California proporciona para que las...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters The slow vote count has become a staple of California elections — and a national frustration — as the state has shifted to overwhelmingly voting by mail. It’s the result of the additional time that California provides for mail ballots to arrive at local elections offices and the extra verification...
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Los partidarios de una iniciativa electoral propuesta para exigir una identificacion gubernamental para votar acaban de obtener la aprobacion estatal para comenzar a recolectar firmas. Un grupo llamado Reform California, dirigido por el locutor de radio conservador Carl DeMaio, patrocina la iniciativa, pero no respondio a las solicitudes de comentarios. Su...
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Backers of a proposed ballot initiative to require government ID to vote have just gotten state approval to start gathering signatures. A group called Reform California, run by conservative radio host Carl DeMaio, is sponsoring the initiative but did not respond to requests for comment. Its website cites concerns about voter fraud....
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Se espera mucho de los votantes de California. En cualquier año electoral dado, se nos puede pedir que nos quitemos el polvo de los sombreros de abogados laborales, repasemos las regulaciones de petróleo y gas, nos familiaricemos con décadas de política fiscal o analicemos la financiación de la infraestructura....
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Much is expected of the California voter. In any given election year, we may be asked to dust off our labor lawyer hats, brush up on oil and gas regulations, reacquaint ourselves with decades of tax policy, or analyze infrastructure funding. We may have to weigh the moral pros and cons of capital punishment, marriage equality or pig protection and...