UTCommunityNews

@CalStateLA's Community News by journalism students covering #EastsideLA & #SouthLA areas they live in.✊🏽 Est. Fall '18
Rebecca Diaz

[UTCommunityNews @UTCommunityNews]

A lot is at stake in the #2024Election
Minimum wage could rise
Rent control could be expanded
School & community college facilities improved
Affordable housing created
📰: https://t.co/lQodYrHRHr
Thanks @boyleheightsbt & @CaloNewsLA for cross-publishing 7 of 14 voter stories

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

Important story about drastic cuts proposed by the state to the CSUs and the impact on our own @CalStateLA. It's by our @UTCommunityNews students - thanks to @boyleheightsbt & @csula_ut for publishing it

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Hey, @CityofMPK residents. Do you know about this measure in the Nov. 5 election? If not, read up on it at @CaloNewsLA

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

Measure BE asks Monterey Park residents if the business tax should increase
8/8
By Queena Duong
https://t.co/kOFLcVZeoY

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Attention #ElMonte residents and parents and teachers at @elmontecitysd: If you don't know about this measure, check it out at @CaloNewsLA

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

El Monte measure ME would improve school facilities, green space and safety
7/8
By Kara Alexander
https://t.co/I1eLwICVws

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You can find coverage of important local races and measures like this one at @CaloNewsLA

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

El Monte measure aims to improve the city’s parks and infrastructure by raising taxes
6/8
By Jose Cabrera
https://t.co/E5THTTyjLM

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If you've been following coverage of AIDS Healthcare Foundation, this is a story worth reading on @boyleheightsbt

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

Healthcare measure targeting AHF also confuses voters
5/8
By Thomas Davila
https://t.co/39ewooWfGV

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A proposal to increase minimum wage is being watched closely by @calstate and @CalCommColleges students and others. Do you plan to vote in favor of the ballot measure?

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

Should California increase minimum wage?
4/8
By Jessica Galan
https://t.co/9dZc7nRjHI

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This is something @CalCommColleges and @WeAreCTA are watching closely. Get this story and others at @boyleheightsbt

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

Do California schools need better facilities?
3/8
By Emmanuel Martinez
https://t.co/3bQedqvqSo

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Get this voting primer and other election coverage at @boyleheightsbt

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

What to know about the upcoming elections
2/8
By Ashley Romero
BHB: https://t.co/DBrsY7HD97

[Julie Patel Liss @juliepatel]

Please consider checking out & sharing this Voter Guide by our @CalStateLA students: https://t.co/hda3Zi7SMQ.👏🏽
The reporters & I are grateful to our newsroom partners, @boyleheightsbt & @CaloNewsLA, for running half of the stories on their sites first. Read them on this 🧵
1/8

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The city of Monterey Park wants to raise $1.2M in funds to use for general city services. The catch with most measures like this is that taxes usually rise.
But with Measure BE, there’s a twist.
✍️: Queena Duong
https://t.co/DK15JdSKr0

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Los Angeles County is attempting to tackle the severe homelessness crisis, and a new proposal could be a game-changer.
✍️: @haleefit (Halee Mosley)
https://t.co/MAic8OX5Y9

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Like many opponents of ballot measure ME to raise funds for El Monte schools, Michael Murro worries the funds won’t be used well.
What’s surprising about Murro’s position is that he is a years-long educator himself.
✍️: Kara Alexander
https://t.co/PUrpDn1KAM

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Since being robbed at gunpoint, Koreatown business owner Sun-Ah Jin is in favor of efforts to fight crime in the neighborhood & supports Prop.36
✍️: @thisischung_ https://t.co/qH9rRnMmup

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Good healthcare can be tough to find. The cheaper the insurance, the less likely the patient will get the resources, medical supplies and prescription drugs needed. Supporters of Prop. 34 say the measure could help.
✍️: @wheelz_619 (Thomas Davila)
https://t.co/87ADZzkCy4

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A rent control measure returns to the ballot this November, allowing voters to weigh in on the future of California’s housing market.
✍️: Lara Barney & Cynthia Harbott
https://t.co/eexX5YNdw3

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Prop. 6 would prohibit forced labor in prisons. It's widely supported. A group opposed said work such as laundry & landscaping is crucial: “If the prisons have to pay higher wages [for it], it’s going to cost the taxpayers a lot"
✍️: Tupac Zapata
https://t.co/rB0Yck8Jwi

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San Pedro Resident Isaiah Hicks’ apartment is plagued with the kind of infrastructure issues that Prop. 5 could potentially help address: Aging pipes, chipped paint, cracks in the stairs. “It’s dangerous," Hicks said.
✍️: @lesliee_dee96 (Leslie Hudson)
https://t.co/ekTsANmSLx

[UTCommunityNews @UTCommunityNews]

A lot is at stake in the #2024Election
Minimum wage could rise
Rent control could be expanded
School & community college facilities improved
Affordable housing created
📰: https://t.co/lQodYrHRHr
Thanks @boyleheightsbt & @CaloNewsLA for cross-publishing 7 of 14 voter stories

[UTCommunityNews @UTCommunityNews]

Should California spend $10 billion from the state’s general funds to combat climate change?
✍️: Gisselle Mauricio
https://t.co/uRXxoUNhOP

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Same-sex marriage was legalized in California in 2013 and in the United States in 2015.
But the California Constitution reads, “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”
What gives?
https://t.co/zmeT14EFtY
✍️: @anjanettegile (Anjanette Gile)

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Broken water fountains. Bathrooms out of service. Tagged walls. Desks scratched up or jiggling from missing parts.
These were some conditions of public schools attended by Cal State LA students interviewed recently.
https://t.co/dawaVRGSqt
✍️: Emmanuel Martinez