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California
Let’s Stop Wall Street Predators From Banking on Displacement
It's time to impose a speculation and vacancy tax on the real estate corporations destroying our neighborhoods.
Private Firefighters, Housekeepers, the Incarcerated Protect Homes From Fires
Of the more than 4,000 firefighters currently working across California, at least 700 are incarcerated people.
Rep. Ro Khanna Calls for PG&E to Become Publicly Owned
PG&E has been implicated in many of the fires that have ravaged California in recent years.
Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks in California’s Wildfires
Advocates have been pushing for labor standards protecting farmworkers from risks of exposure to wildfires and smoke.
Climate Crisis Stokes Flames in California, Putting Disabled People at Risk
PG&E, the utility responsible for some of California's deadliest fires, is hurting people by shutting off power.
California Governor Declares Statewide Emergency as Nearly 200,000 Evacuate
The fires must be met with urgent and nationwide climate action.
Trump Opens 725,000 Acres of California’s Coast to Fossil Fuel Drilling
The move ends a five-year moratorium on leasing federal land in California to fossil fuel companies.
California Moves to Ban For-Profit Prisons, Including Immigrant Jails
The legislation follows the death of a migrant in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
California Rebukes Predatory Wall Street Megabanks With New Public Bank Law
California is the second state in the U.S. after North Dakota to allow the creation of public banks.
“Gladiator Fights” Expose Prisons to Be Genocidal Machines
In “gladiator fights,” guards pit known rivals against each other in the prison yard.