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Over a thousand students, alumni, residents and community members packed Sproul Plaza on Friday to rally for immediate action on climate change at UC Berkeley’s local climate strike.
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The decision for the DNC to not hold a climate debate shows that the majority of DNC members do not seem to value these connections. A debate focused purely on the climate would allow Americans to hear about the substantive differences between the various candidates’ plans to address the climate emergency.
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Five hundred Jewish people and allies marched to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in San Francisco on Friday morning to protest what many are calling concentration camps at the United States-Mexico border, which currently hold undocumented immigrants in allegedly terrible conditions.
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California state Assemblymember Tony Thurmond and New Teacher Center educator-in-residence Marshall Tuck — both members of the Democratic party — are running for the role of state superintendent of public instruction. Current superintendent Tom Torlakson is stepping down after holding the position since 2010, having narrowly defeated Tuck for re-election in 2014.
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Republican Greg Conlon and Democrat Fiona Ma will square off in the Nov. 6 general election to replace incumbent John Chiang as California state treasurer. As the state’s banker, the treasurer is elected to a four-year term to manage California’s investments and finances.
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San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Malia Cohen and real estate agent Mark Burns are running for the District 2 seat on the State Board of Equalization, which enforces taxes — including property and alcohol taxes.
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Starting on Wednesday Sept. 12 and ending on Friday Sept. 14, the summit was held in San Francisco with the purpose of bringing people together from around the world to celebrate achievements and establish a deeper commitment to action in respect to climate change.
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The fundraiser will be held at Simons and Heising’s home in Atherton and will also feature U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo and Nancy Pelosi.
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Last week’s piece was not a reflection of my personal views, but rather an investigation into why a growing number of left-leaning California voters feel that the current political system fails to represent their values.
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Are Feinstein and Pelosi well-equipped to handle this new age of the unknown? Or is it time for a new generation of political leaders to step in?
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