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Kevin de Leon

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[Wikipedia] Kevin Alexander Leon, known professionally as Kevin de León and colloquially as KDL, is an American politician who served as the Los Angeles City Council member for District 14 from 2020 until 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran and was defeated in the 2018 United States Senate election i

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Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter…

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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…

California

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I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.

Being

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Poverty is poverty. At the end of the day, people want a job.

Day

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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…

California

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You've got to lead from a position of strength.

Got

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No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities.

Communities

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I try to deal with the poverty gap - to do policies for all of us rather than only for the wealthy.

Only

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

Business

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There's always more employers can do to protect their employees.

Always

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Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world.

California

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My name is Kevin de Leon, and I am the president of the most progressive legislative house in America.

America

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Hollywood is here to stay, and we have to keep the momentum going.

Here

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Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we…

Lead by example

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From education to the environment, from high wages to health care to human rights, California is proof that progressive policies put into…

Action

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The infrastructure at Union Station is antiquated. High-speed is going to come in eventually. We need to upgrade that system. Every day…

Day

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I wouldn't have voted to prosecute 13-year-olds as adults.

Voted

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I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd…

Abstract

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I worry about civil-rights activists being targeted as black-identity extremists. I worry about the government saying, 'I don't like this progressive blogger'…

Being

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As Democrats, we will never be fooled into believing that if we are patient enough, that Donald Trump could be a good…

Democracy

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Lawmakers must stand up for companies that choose public safety over profit margins.

Choose

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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…

Baseball

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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…

Balancing act

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Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise…

Dangerous

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California's university system is one of the premier higher education systems in the world, and we should require that non-resident students pay…

California

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