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textOn the Housing Crisis in Sonoma County by Iyla Knight
Students have no choice but to drop out due to lack of being able to make ends meet....
Posted: Sat, May 6, 2017 2:33pm PDT
imageHomelessness: Our Failure As A Society
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by Micah Posner
While the City of Santa Cruz is statistically better than the County of Santa Cruz at providing low income housing, it is much worse in the way that it denigrates and criminalizes people who cannot afford the rents being offered....
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2017 12:30pm PDT
calendarShut Down Monsanto in Woodland: Largest Biotech Seed Research Facility in the World
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by The Anti-Monsanto Project
Monsanto 12790 Gorman Lane Woodland, CA Meet at Raley's 367 W. Main Street Woodland, CA...
Event Date: Mon, May 22, 2017 4:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2017 11:30pm PDT
calendarRally and March Against Monsanto at State Capitol in Sacramento
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by The Anti-Monsanto Project
South Steps of the State Capital in Sacramento 11th and N...
Event Date: Sat, May 20, 2017 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2017 11:28pm PDT
imagePhotos and Community Agreements from The Afrikan/Black Student Alliance Reclamation of Kerr Hall at UCSC
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by Slug Solidarity
Photos sourced from friendly social media accounts in an effort to support The Afrikan/Black Student Alliance at UC Santa Cruz. May 2 and 3, 2017....
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2017 4:08pm PDT
imageBlack Students at UC Santa Cruz Protest Hostile Campus
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by Afrikan Black Coalition
We are pushing back against the language of “occupation” in recognition of the largely white-centric and fairly recent “Occupy Movement”. We are pushing back against the language of “occupation” in recognition of the very real settler occupations that are hxstorical and ongoing, such as the European colonization and occupation of “The Americas”, as well as the current context of occupation in Palestine. We move in solidarity with Black people all over the world who are occupied by liberalism ...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2017 1:42pm PDT
textResponse to: “It Isn’t Complicated: People Need a Place to Live” by Nathalie Marquez
This is a letter to the editor for The Press Democrat commenting on how I felt about an article that was written....
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2017 11:09am PDT
textSonoma County Affordable Housing Crisis by Emilia Sides
Affordable housing crisis is forcing residents out of Sonoma County....
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2017 9:40am PDT
imageStudents Occupy Main Administrative Building at UC Santa Cruz
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by Slugs in the Woods
Students say they will not leave until demands from the Afrikan Black Student Alliance (A/BSA) are met....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2017 4:08pm PDT
imageMother of Cyprus Speaks Out on Using Cannabis to Treat Epilepsy
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by Keppra Kills
A wonderful interview featuring one of many breakthrough stories on how medical cannabis is helping children deal with crippling seizures....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 11:50pm PDT
textYounger workers are being locked out of the Sonoma County housing market by Kristina Jaco
This article is on the housing crisis that is happening in Sonoma County and how it is affecting the younger generation....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 4:59pm PDT
textUnaffordable Health Care in Sonoma County by Irma Saucedo
In Sonoma County there have been many issues, and looking at more information of it, my research team and I found many issues that people go through....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 4:30pm PDT
textAffordable Housing in Sonoma County by Tess Von Arx
More affordable housing in Sonoma County and assistance would help community members do better....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 4:01pm PDT
documentLack of Funds in Sacramento's Transportation Infrastructure
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by Keith Serne
This letter discusses how many of the roads and highways in the Sacramento area are not up to par. A research group known as TRIP conducted research on this issue and found just how frustrated Sacramento residents are on this topic....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 8:18am PDT
textDisplaced tenants of fatal fire damaged 2551 San Pablo Avenue apartments to file lawsuit by Lynda Carson
On Wednesday morning April 26, around fifteen tenants displaced from the massive fire at 2551 San Pablo where four people died, will be holding a holding a press conference with their attorneys to announce a lawsuit. The press conference begins at 10:30 AM, in the courtyard outside the Alameda County Courthouse, at 1221 Oak Street in Oakland (across the street from 1225 Fallon Street - Rene C. Davis Courthouse)....
Posted: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 7:37pm PDT
imageCalifornia Farm Equity Act (AB1348) Takes a Major First Step in the Legislative Process
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by California Farmer Justice Collaborative
Today, new US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was sworn in by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and convened a group of Agriculture leadership in the White House. Tomorrow, the California Assembly Agriculture Committee weighs in on a path toward California Farm Equity. "With the uncertainty surrounding federal programs and grants, California can and should lead the way by investing in our farmers," said Assemblymember Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara). "California farmers — particularly fa...
Posted: Tue, Apr 25, 2017 1:04pm PDT
imageACLU Sues Dignity Health for Discrimination Against Transgender Patient
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by via ACLU of Northern California
Sacramento County Hospital Refused Transition-Related Surgery...
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 4:31pm PDT
textHealthcare in Sonoma County: Our Healthcare Must Be a Priority of Government by Emily Kyle
An Op-Ed letter about Healthcare in Sonoma County....
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 3:03pm PDT
document"Progressives" Defeat Trump Wall Investment, but Local Anti-Homeless Fencing Still On
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by Robert Norse
Looks like the threat of disinvestment from Granite Construction may have discouraged them from bidding for the anti-immigrant Trump wall on the border. However the Councilmember Terrazas's :"Public Safety" Committee will still be considering a "cost-effective" fence along the levee along with increased cops, surveillance cameras, and lighting to add to the "no loitering", forbidden to sit, and high-pitched anti-homeless "Mosquito" boxes along the levee at Tuesday night's 4-25 Council meetin...
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 12:08pm PDT
calendarNo Penalty for Poverty - Housing For All by Keith McHenry (posting by Norse)
3:30 PM County Building 4 PM Main Post Office Forbidden Fence 5 PM City Hall Throughout the Night: Inside and Outside City Hall...
Event Date: Tue, May 9, 2017 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 12:01pm PDT
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