How diverse is your government? + Arrests at Capitol protests + Are you earthquake ready?
FIRST UP: Gov.
TWO LAWS THAT CHANGED WHO HOLDS POWER IN
We have a special report today by
You can join Kim Tuesday for a virtual panel we're hosting on diversity in elected government and what it means for voting. She'll be joined by Sen.
Now here's a preview of Kim's report. The full piece is online here.
Ortiz didn't get support from prominent Democratic leaders or influential developers in the city, who helped fund most local races. Most were convinced city council candidate
"There was always a candidate they endorsed other than me," Ortiz said.
But Ortiz came out ahead anyway, becoming the first Latina and woman of color to be elected to the city council.
Nearly three decades later, the landscape for Latino candidates is very different. Latino lawmakers represent 27 seats in the Legislature, making up about a fifth of its 120 officeholders. That's up from six in 1990.
They've made gains in local offices, too, especially on school boards. A
Those achievements were no accident.
They followed two major changes to
First, voters in 1990 set term limits for the
Later, Gov.
Neither law guarantees representation for minority candidates.
Term limits shorten careers for politicians today just as they did 30 years ago. Some of the first leaders to leave the Legislature because of term limits were influential Black lawmakers like former Assembly Speaker
And, although studies show a shift in district elections has increased minority representation in local government, the gains are not uniform.
Today, its seven-member council has the same number of Latino leaders as it had when it was sued: One.
Those numbers show that changes to election format alone won't lead to greater diversity among representatives. Parties still must cultivate candidates if they want diverse officeholders.
Ortiz, now a member of the Los Rios Community College District
"I hope there's a pipeline, but I don't see it in any of the Latino organizations in town," she said.
ARRESTS AT THE
Animal rights activist group Direct Action Everywhere made an appearance at the
Three activists chained themselves to the second-story balcony at the
The
The CHP SWAT team was deployed to disentangle the protesters chained to the doors.
Friday's protest was characteristic of Direct Action Everywhere's penchant for eye-catching stunts that often end in police intervention. Earlier last week, more than two dozen such activists were arrested for blocking access to a slaughterhouse outside
The group said in a statement that it wants
EARTHQUAKE WARNING SYSTEM ANNOUNCED
The state will launch an advertising campaign titled "Don't Get Caught Off Guard," which will advertise on digital, social and broadcast media through 2022, with an optional one-year extension.
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Earthquake Warning California received
Earthquake Warning California is part of a partnership between Cal OES,
"The system uses ground-motion sensors to detect earthquakes that have already started and estimates their size, location, and impact," according to a Cal OES statement.
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