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Huffington Post (September 2, 2011) In a sustainable, healthy economy, people shouldn't have to settle for grey jobs. Fortunately, Jerry Brown has a plan to fight unemployment and put more Californians to work fixing up houses and apartments to reduce energy consumption -- the renewal and reform of the Public Goods Charge.
Daily News, Los Angeles (August 22, 2011) Before my son got locked up, he was healthy. Being locked up for more than 21 hours and sometimes more than 23 hours a day made my son sick. He is physically deteriorating. His speech is slower and he seems distant now.
KALW (June 15, 2011) Its been a violent year in Oakland so far both homicides and shootings are up about a third over last years numbers. And, throughout the year, various editorials have called for different solutions to the uptick in violence.
Contra Costa Times (June 10, 2011) HE U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal court order requiring California to reduce its prison population by approximately 33,000 within two years.
Huffington Post (June 9, 2011) For those of us who believe that the health of people and the planet should come before profits, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is the cornerstone of our state's environmental policy.
Huffington Post (January 13, 2011) Seven years ago, the Ella Baker Center's Books Not Bars Campaign started calling for closing California's youth prisons. People laughed in our faces. Literally. Even reformers who agreed in private, thought we were foolish to call for shuttering the largest set of youth prisons in the country.
The Huffington Post (August 27, 2010) On the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream Speech, conservatives will gather for a "Restoring Honor" rally at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial.
Mercury News (June 8, 2010) Despite costing more than $436 million annually to warehouse only 1,300 youth, DJJ fails 72 percent of the time meaning that 72 percent of the young people are rearrested soon after release.
California Progress Report (May 19, 2010) The California State Department of Education recently released student performance rankings based on standardized tests.
The Oakland Tribune (November 25, 2009) The Green Collar Jobs Campaign Lead Organizer Emily Kirsch explains the amazing opportunity Oakland has to be a worldwide leader in equitable climate action.
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