CA makes progress toward zero-emissions transport, but work remains
Millions of Californians are breathing air so dirty it is illegal. Coupled with other impacts of the climate crisis, the need for action is clear.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom: Support an ethnic studies requirement in CSUs
AB 1460 represents a small, yet important first start to diversify the CSU system’s curricula with a three-unit ethnic studies course for graduation.
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State considers putting additional warning label on cannabis products
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment will hold a meeting to determine whether cannabis smoke and THC — the chemical in cannabis that makes people “high” — will be added to a list of harmful toxins, per Proposition 65.
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UC Berkeley poll shows majority of CA voters favor SB 276, which tightened state vaccine regulations
The UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, released a poll Monday that found that 83 percent of registered California voters favor SB 276, which tightened the state’s vaccine regulations.
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Special committee appointed to select next UC president
With UC President Janet Napolitano stepping down this coming August, UC Board of Regents chair John Pérez has appointed a Special Committee to Consider the Selection of a President.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom must diversify UC Board of Regents
STATE ISSUES: Diversity at the top encourages diversity at the bottom. Newsom must do better than his predecessors on appointing regents
At the end of his term, former governor Jerry Brown appointed Jonathan “Jay” Sures to the UC Board of Regents — a white man to an already predominantly white male board. Gov. Gavin Newsom must not fall in the footsteps of his predecessors and appoint regents that reflect the diversity of California.
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Students raise concerns over diversity of UC Board of Regents after latest appointment
A few days before the end of former California Gov. Jerry Brown’s term, Brown appointed Jonathan “Jay” Sures to the UC Board of Regents, resulting in student pushback to the lack of diversity on the board.
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UC Berkeley must fight back against Trump’s transgender military ban
NATIONAL ISSUES: At a time when the federal government is promoting transphobia, the campus community must take concrete steps to support transgender and gender non-conforming individuals
This week, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of allowing the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military — a decision that completely dehumanizes trans individuals, depicting them as unfit and a burden to serve. So, when the Trump administration seeks to dehumanize marginalized communities, everyone must resist.
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