IN SUMMARY
CalMatters election occasions sparked full of life debates in Los Angeles, Riverside, and on-line.
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Final week, VotingMatters visited public libraries, universities and a museum to speak about California’s poll measures. To this point, VotingMatters has reached greater than 750 individuals at 20 occasions, offering essential election data to voters throughout the state.
At Cal State Los Angeles, greater than 170 college students and employees members joined CalMatters and the Pat Brown Institute to find out about Propositions 32, 33 and 36. After we requested who within the viewers would vote for the primary time this 12 months, greater than 20 arms went up.
At two consecutive VotingMatters occasions on the Los Angeles Public Library, Californians from the Arroyo Seco and Jefferson branches shared private household tales whereas discussing the proposals. When the dialogue turned to Proposition 36 which might enhance penalties for theft and drug trafficking, librarians additionally shared their very own experiences serving to group members who wanted psychological well being assist.
In Riverside, greater than 60 individuals joined VotingMatters in the Cheech Marin Middle for Chicano Artwork and Tradition. This week, we additionally held three digital occasions, together with our first bilingual occasion in English and Spanish, which featured about 25 group members calling in from throughout the state, with the Mother and father Institute for High quality Schooling. We additionally maintain digital occasions with California for the Arts y the desert college .
This week, VotingMatters involves the Central Coast:
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This text was initially printed in English by CalMatters.