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Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Policy Chats

In 2021, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted by a vote of 4 to 1 to adopt a Supervisorial district map for the 2020 round of redistricting that was really fraught with a lot of controversy. That means it dilutes the Latino voting power and their capacity to elect a representative of their choice.

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Asm. Sabrina Cervantes: Voting and Campaign Transparency

Policy Chats

In 2021, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted by a vote of 4 to 1 to adopt a Supervisorial district map for the 2020 round of redistricting that was really fraught with a lot of controversy. That means it dilutes the Latino voting power and their capacity to elect a representative of their choice.

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2020 Election: Analysis Part 1 (with Francisco Pedraza)

Policy Chats

In this episode, UCR Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science Francisco Pedraza talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the 2020 election results. Learn more about Francisco Pedraza via [link]. Learn more about Francisco Pedraza via [link].

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2020 Election: Analysis Part 1 (with Francisco Pedraza)

Policy Chats

In this episode, UCR Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science Francisco Pedraza talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the 2020 election results. Podcast Highlights: “It is hard to see a victory for those electoral college votes in [Arizona and Florida] happening without the Latino vote.”.

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COVID-19 and the Underlying Political Impact on the Public Education System

The Lowe Down

When COVID-19 hit the United States in the spring of 2020, many schools switched to remote learning for the remainder of that school year. For the 2020-2021 academic year, public schools had to implement various policies regarding social distancing and masking to be in accordance with the new federal, state, and local laws.

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Vermont Chapter Councilor Report – ALA Annual 2023

Librarian.net

Previous reports from me: June 2020 , January 2021 (did not write a report), July 2021 , January 2022 , June 2022 (did not go to ALA ), January 2023 I filled in for outgoing Councilor Marti Fisk who moved, and was elected to a three-year term starting in 2020. Here is my report. This was a no-brainer and VLA signed on.

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The Year in Review: A Listen Back at Your Favorite Episodes of 2021 — Episode 105

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

And, with all the hope we had going into 2021 after a traumatic 2020, I think it’s safe to say that this was also a very difficult year. That’s not to say there weren’t a lot of positive things to happen this year, but I just wanted to start by acknowledging the fact that 2021 was hard — for me, for a lot of you, for us.