Category: Action Alerts
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Please write Gov. Brown to support equal protection rights
If you or your community has ever been impacted negatively by a voter-initiative, we NEED YOUR SUPPORT. AB 2646 (Ting) has made its way through the Senate and Assembly and currently awaits Governor Brown’s signature. If he does not hear from enough stakeholders, there is a chance the Governor will veto this bill. AB 2646…
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Revenue to the Rescue
June 15 is the constitutional deadline to pass a budget but the GOP is holding the budget hostage and we need to come out and demand for a budget with revenue. Please join us on June 15 at noon in downtown LA.
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Fix the Filibuster!
A new year means a chance to wipe the slate clean. The Senate can take advantage of that opportunity by changing its rules and fixing the filibuster. Until 1970, the Senate averaged approximately one filibuster per year. But in the last two congressional sessions, the filibuster was used roughly 70 times per year – and…
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Support the DREAM Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For close to ten years, MALDEF and other organizations have pushed to make the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) into a reality. Earlier this year, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that roughly 825,000 immigrants would benefit from the Act. According to recent research from UCLA, a…
California Civil Rights Coalition 