Greenlining Institute
By Orson Aguilar

Public anger over bank bailouts and fat Wall Street bonuses has put enormous pressure on President Obama to crack down – but a crackdown isn’t enough. It’s time to take positive steps to push our banking system to better serve all of America’s diverse communities.
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California Progress Report
Author: Preeti Vissa & Faith Bautista

Recent reports that financial legerdemain engineered by Goldman Sachs helped destabilize the Greek economy ought to make Californians nervous. It’s time to ask if Goldman could do to us what it appears to have done to the Greeks and, indirectly, to the rest of Europe.
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Sacramento Bee
By Orson Aguilar

The $250 million that California is about to save by slashing vital rehabilitation programs for prisoners will cost us many times that much money. The money we think we’re saving will cost us many times over in more crime, more drug abuse and ruined lives. Rehabilitation and alternative programs can save lives. I know. One of them saved mine.
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A statement by APIEL NOW!

Making students jump through admissions hoops is essential to a world-class university’s prestige. However, for students of color and students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, that hoop is about to shrink in size. Proposed by UC President Mark Yudof and approved by the UC Regents, the new UC admissions policy, set to go into effect in 2012, is a deceptive piece of work that actually reduces the percentage of high school students guaranteed admission to at least one UC campus while masking its true nature by expanding the pool of applicants eligible to apply. Although these reductions in guaranteed admissions will affect all applicants, this policy will disproportionately impact students of color.
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Oakland Local

While global warming has propelled environmental issues into the mainstream of American politics, an all-day hearing activists held recently in East Oakland showed the difficulty of translating concern into action in the neighborhoods hit hardest by environmental problems.
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Oakland Local

Not long ago, energy efficiency & conservation were considered the ugly step-brothers of environmentalism.  They were overshadowed by their sexier siblings–solar panels and wind turbines.
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La Opinion
Orson Aguilar

California

Este año los latinos tenemos una oportunidad histórica para determinar el futuro del estado de California. Cualquier persona puede tomar parte en este esfuerzo, ¡y el momento de tomar acción es ahora mismo!

La aprobación de la Proposición 11 durante las elecciones de noviembre 2008 le dio a público por primera vez la oportunidad de redistribuir los distritos legislativos del estado. Este proceso es uno de los ejes secretos del mundo político de California, ocasionando muchas decisiones que afectarán su empleo, sus escuelas, y su comunidad.
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Kalwnews.org
By Holly Kernan

LA Times
Shane Goldmacher

Ethnic groups say the pool of applicants for a citizen commission to redraw Assembly and Senate districts is too white and too male to reflect the state’s diversity. Others question the expense.
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Our Weekly
By Dr. Lula B. Ballton and Tunua Thrash
OW Contributors

In 2010 African Americans have a historic chance to shape our state’s future. All of us can play a part, and the time to act is now.
Taking advantage of this huge opportunity depends on you getting involved in a process that may seem obscure or even boring to lots of us: Legislative redistricting. But redistricting is a classic example of how something that seems technical and dull can affect each of us in a big way. If you care about jobs, schools, or your community, you should care about redistricting.
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