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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. "
Kevin de Leon
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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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" I don't believe other states should be in the business of luring production out of California. We've made it clear that no one is going to out-compete California. "
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" I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life. "
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" It is erroneous and profoundly irresponsible to suggest that up to three million undocumented immigrants living in America are dangerous criminals. "
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" Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state. "
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" I want you to know that California is your sanctuary. We will always be a place where you can be whoever you are and become whoever you dream of being. California will always stand up for you. That's a principle that's bigger than partisanship, more powerful than any president. "
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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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" President Trump's threat to weaponize federal funding is not only unconstitutional but emblematic of the cruelty he seeks to impose on our most vulnerable communities. "
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" We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering the legal immigration system. "
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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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" 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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" Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us. "
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" If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to change on its own. "
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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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" We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.' "
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" As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official. "
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" When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity... you can't ask for patience. "
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" I would never vote to allow federal agents to spy on American citizens without warrants. "
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" Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job. "
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" The voice of Vin Scully has become the song of summer for generations of Los Angeles baseball fans and aficionados of excellence in sports broadcasting. "
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" I wouldn't have supported invoking Taft-Hartley to help George Bush end a strike. "
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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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" I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job. "
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" No corner of our society has been left unscathed by the horrors of gun violence. To end it, we'll need to bring together the best from each corner, taking what works from government, the private sector, and our local communities and crafting common-sense solutions to gun violence. "
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