The survival of American democracy displaced the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and California’s wildfires as the center of addictive attention in the weeks just before and after the 2020 Election. Fights over local …
Closing Argument: Why LGBTQs, and Especially the Trans Community, Need Prop 21
This is it. Tuesday’s election is an existential event for LGBTQ Americans. “Hate is on the march,” says former Vice President Joe Biden in a powerful new video by the …
Surgeon Says Prop 21’s Connection Between Housing and Healthcare is a Moral Issue
Proposition 21 boils down to a simple issue of fairness and morality, says Chris Goring, a former lieutenant colonel in the Army who is now an orthopedic surgeon based in …
Pregnant, Asthmatic Military Spouse Trapped in Moldy Apartment, Needs Prop 21
Callous disregard from human life is on the ballot this Tuesday. The point was driven home when the president’s son appeared on Fox News to cavalierly announce that deaths from …
Stressed Tenants Attorney Supports Yes on 21 for Systemic Change
“I can’t take it anymore,” says Phil Rapier, a tenants attorney in Oakland, California. “In the last few years, I’ve had more and more calls from seniors who are being …
Prop 21 Is Golden Opportunity to Rein In Corporate Landlord Greed
With millions of Californians voting early, they have a golden opportunity to do something that state legislators have failed to do: rein in corporate landlord greed. Rarely do Californians have …
Yes on 21 Get Out the Vote Webinar with Elected Leaders
This is it. Go time. Election Day is almost here. To encourage Californians to vote, the Yes on 21 campaign assembled a number of state and local elected officials to …
L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl Emphatic That ‘Prop 21 Is Good’
For decades, Sheila Kuehl’s house in Santa Monica has served as a hub for political networking, fundraising, and advocating for progressive issues, candidates, and campaigns with her close friend and …
Will Big Real Estate Spend $100 Million to Kill California’s Prop 21?
Over the last several months, the real estate industry has shelled out nearly $84 million in campaign cash to kill California’s Proposition 21. The big question now is: will corporate …
Yes on 21 Protests Gov. Newsom’s Heartbreaking Failures on Housing
In the beginning, there was a glimmer of hope. In 2017, then-Lt. Gov, Gavin Newsom published a plan in Medium about how, as governor, he would generate 3.5 million new …
