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Oakland city budget changes would prevent homelessness and create good jobs

June 17, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Spending plan also aims to reduce violence, restore parks, recreation centers, and cultural venues.

California labor maps plan to stop the Newsom recall

June 3, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Unions see their campaign as critical to preserving hard-won gains by workers in California.

California Assembly bill aims to remove derogatory term ‘alien’ from state law

May 28, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Assemblywoman Luz Rivas’s (D-Arleta) Assembly Bill 1096 was approved by the California Assembly Thurs., May 20, with bipartisan support and will now move on to the State Senate.

Newsom proposes record-setting public spending with ‘California Comeback Plan’

May 20, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

The new blockbuster budget reflects an expected $75 billion in tax revenue, paid mostly by the state’s richest residents.

California’s new A.G. announces ‘Racial Justice Bureau’ to combat hate surge

May 14, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

State Attorney General Rob Bonta says California is "in a full-on state of crisis, a full-on state of emergency when it comes to hate violence against the Asian Pacific Islander community."