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It’s a new year, and we kick it off coming out of a contentious national election.
Here in California, voters rejected an end to unpaid prison labor and turned down an effort to raise the minimum wage statewide. They also voted to protect the right of same sex couples to marry, increased penalties for some low-level crimes and raised funding to deal with climate change.
Closer to home, voters elected new leaders in many of our cities, and passed bonds to raise more money for many school districts across the region. In L.A. County, voters agreed to…
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