California Proposition 14

Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley and US military personnel recognized for their leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Military families have also suffered throughout this pandemic.

Key Points: 
  • Military families have also suffered throughout this pandemic.
  • Today at the Pentagon, US Military personnel and the 20th Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley were recognized by two non-profit organizations, Brain Mapping Foundation (BMF) and Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) .
  • SBMT and BMF created a task force and tackled COVID-19 pandemic through science, technology, innovation, and policy, and endorsed California Proposition 14 .
  • Babak Kateb and Vicky Yamamoto to General Milley on December 19th, 2022, at the Pentagon.

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® issues formal apology for past discriminatory policies

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Friday, October 14, 2022

formally apologizes for its past discriminatory policies, including Proposition 14 a successful 1960s ballot initiative that overturned the State of California's first fair housing law.

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  • formally apologizes for its past discriminatory policies, including Proposition 14 a successful 1960s ballot initiative that overturned the State of California's first fair housing law.
  • Regrettably, the California Real Estate Association (CREA), now known as C.A.R., once played a leading role in segregation and exclusionary practices in housing.
  • For decades, CREA promoted policies that encouraged discrimination and the idea that neighborhood integration would negatively impact property values.The Association endorsed racial zoning, "redlining" and racially restrictive covenants.
  • We not only apologize for those actions, we strongly condemn them, and we will continue working to address the legacy of these discriminatory policies and practices," said C.A.R.

Biocom Endorses Bond Measure to Fund Stem Cell Research in California

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Biocom, the association representing the California life science industry, today announced the endorsement of California Proposition 14, the Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative.

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  • Biocom, the association representing the California life science industry, today announced the endorsement of California Proposition 14, the Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative.
  • If passed, the initiative would result in California issuing $5.5 billion in general obligation bonds for the states stem cell research institute.
  • In 2004, California voters passed Proposition 71, which issued $3 billion in bonds to finance CIRM.
  • As of July 1, 2019, CIRM has suspended applications for new projects due to the depletion of Proposition 71 funds.