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2 weeks agoAnti-trans activists turn in signatures for sports ban in Maine as new strategy takes hold - LGBTQ Nation
Organizers from the anti-trans group "Protect Girls Sports" in Maine say that they turned in over 82,000 signatures to the state secretary of state's office to put a trans sports ban on the November ballot this year. Their ballot initiative would require the entities that govern interscholastic sports to designate all teams as male, female, or coed and allow only students assigned female at birth to participate in girls' sports.
US politics
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoL.A. firefighter union launches sales tax initiative to fund new stations and more
A proposed half-cent city sales tax increase would raise over $300 million annually to expand and equip the Los Angeles Fire Department, build stations, and hire firefighters.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month agoTrans sports ban that could require genital exams will appear on the ballot in Washington - LGBTQ Nation
Ballot initiative IL26-638 would ban transgender girls from girls' school sports in Washington and require provider-verified physical examinations documenting biological sex.
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1 month agoBillionaire talks about leaving Palo Alto
Two council members, Greer Stone and Keith Rechdahl, have proposed regulations to stop assembling groups of neighboring homes to form a compound, as Zuckerberg has done. Neighbors have complained about construction noise, unmarked security vehicles and a loss of parking. Billionaires have done this previously in Palo Alto, such as when Google co-founder Larry Page bought up the properties of his neighbors on Bryant Street in the Old Palo Alto neighborhood.
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California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months agoNew ballot measure push aims to overhaul California's landmark environmental law
The proposed Building an Affordable California Act would limit CEQA reviews to 365 days and require courts to decide CEQA lawsuits within 270 days to speed construction and energy projects.
California
fromwww.ocregister.com
3 months agoCould California's Prop. 50 be scaled back? There's already an effort to ask voters to limit the new maps to 2026
A proposed initiative would limit Prop 50's congressional map changes to the 2026 election, reverting to commission-drawn maps for 2028 and 2030.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months agoCalifornia business leaders want voters to expedite state's environmental review process for housing, infrastructure
California Chamber proposes a ballot initiative imposing a 365-day limit on CEQA reviews for essential projects including housing, clean energy and wildfire resiliency.
Washington DC
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
8 months agoMeet the Man Who Wants to Stop DC From Changing Clocks Each Spring and Fall - Washingtonian
Daniel Bernier proposes a referendum in DC to stop daylight saving time, advocating for permanent standard time.
Bernier aims to improve local autonomy and reduce the inconvenience of time changes.
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