Campaign for Healthier Solutions Testing Dollar Store Products as Dollar Stores Lag on Chemical Safety
| Coming CleanOn May 29, 2024, representatives of the Campaign for Healthier Solutions attended Dollar General’s annual shareholders meeting in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, urging the company to commit to eliminating chemicals of concern from its supply chain. After the company failed to make any new commitments to strengthen its chemical policy or expand its restricted substance list, representatives from the campaign delivered a letter to company executives urging additional action, and announced that they were actively testing Dollar General products for chemicals linked to health conditions like cancer, learning disabilities, and reproductive harm.
Funding Restorative Justice for our Schools is the First Step – Now it’s Time for aPlan
| The Desert SunThe Coachella Valley Unified School District has released its draft LCAP for the 2024-25 school year. The district presented its goals for the next three years at its May 16 meeting. The LCAP, or the Local Control and Accountability Plan, is how school districts across California determine their goals, set plans to reach those goals and allocate funding. It’s also the best indicator of what the school district is prioritizing in the coming years.
I put my body on the line. Will Gov. Newsom fund crime victim services?
| The Orange County RegisterLast week I laid down on the floor inside of the Swing Space chanting, “Don’t balance the budget on our backs. No podemos equilibrar el presupuesto sobre las espaldas de los sobrevivientes.” I was wearing a red shirt to symbolize the blood California will have on its hands should it choose not to fund crime victim services.
First heat wave of the year brings more work shortages for farmworkers
| Bakersfield NowBAKERSFIELD, California — The Central Valley is finishing out its first heat wave of the year. Despite it only being three days long, many in the agriculture industry are already feeling the heat, especially farmworkers.
Families gather to honor and share their stories at Crime Victims’ Rights March
| Bakersfield NowOnce a year families gather to march in downtown Bakersfield. Each one is seeking justice for their loved ones.
One of these families was the family of 21-year-old Isaiah Leyva. His mother, Jaqueline Angeles, is looking to find out who shot and killed her son three years ago.
Women in Farm Work March for Solidarity
| Fox 40Hundreds of women farmworkers and their allies marched in Sacramento as part of several days of meetings with state legislators in Sacramento.