Kevin de Leon

Professions :

Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge.

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Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability.

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Clean air shouldn't be a privilege dictated by where you can afford to live but a right to which we are all entitled.

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We're planting trees to break up the concrete jungle. We're building public transportation and affordable housing.

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I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade.

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Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it.

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Dependence on oil from volatile foreign markets undermines our economic security and threatens our national security. Moreover, that addiction is producing toxic air and a public-health epidemic.

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There isn't enough renewable fuel in the world to crack our growing addiction to foreign oil. We need to decrease miles driven and increase engine efficiency.

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Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about.

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California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity.

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California will not become a cog in the Trump deportation machine.

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In California, we celebrate our diversity. We celebrate who we are because we're proud of who we are; we're proud of where our families come from.

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We carved it in stone: no matter the place of your birth or the hue of your skin, you can live in California in safety, dignity, and, yes, sanctuary.

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Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations.

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Police chiefs know a thing or two about public safety.

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No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities.

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Drafting local police into Trump's immigration crackdown undermines public safety and is a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars.

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California lost its way in 1994 with Prop. 187, but that tragic episode gave birth to a new California consciousness - one that will now do everything within its power to protect our diversity and the economic power it has created.

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Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls.

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Yes, we absolutely need to eliminate the single-use plastic bag, but we don't have to eliminate the jobs of hardworking Californians to accomplish this goal.

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