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Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project California) advocates for racial justice by building power and transforming public systems.

10.09.24
Vote YES on Measures DD and LL to end political gerrymandering in LA

Federal law requires redrawing city council and school board district boundaries every decade, on the heels of the U.S. Census, to account for local changes in population. This is known as redistricting, and in Los Angeles, incumbent politicians have long exerted an outsize influence on the process. 

Federal law requires redrawing city council and school board district boundaries every decade, on the heels of the U.S. Census, to account for local changes in population. This is known as redistricting, and in Los Angeles, incumbent politicians have long exerted an outsize influence on the process. 

10.08.24
Vote No on Proposition 36, Stop the Prison Spending Scam

Proposition 36 threatens to undo California’s community safety ecosystem.  Its passage this November would mark a return to the failed “tough-on-crime” era that made California less safe and devastated communities of color.  We cannot let this happen. 

Proposition 36 threatens to undo California’s community safety ecosystem.  Its passage this November would mark a return to the failed “tough-on-crime” era that made California less safe and devastated communities of color.  We cannot let this happen. 

09.18.24
Vote Yes on Proposition 5 to Let Local Communities Control Their Housing Decisions

The people of California want and need more affordable housing and safe infrastructure. According to the latest official assessment, California needs to add more than 300,000 new homes each year to meet demand, but private developers are barely managing to build a third of that. The lack of this housing has been a top problem here for decades, but, until recently, corporate influence in the Legislature has made it difficult for cities and counties to fund new housing. Too often, corporations see this public good as a threat to their short-term profits and work to prevent communities from raising needed revenue, even when there is majority support.  

The people of California want and need more affordable housing and safe infrastructure. According to the latest official assessment, California needs to add more than 300,000 new homes each year to meet demand, but private developers are barely managing to build a third of that. The lack of this housing has been a top problem here for decades, but, until recently, corporate influence in the Legislature has made it difficult for cities and counties to fund new housing. Too often, corporations see this public good as a threat to their short-term profits and work to prevent communities from raising needed revenue, even when there is majority support.  

09.25.24
Vote Yes on Proposition 6 to End Forced Labor in California's Prisons

Due to a provision in California's constitution, prisons have long enforced low-paid labor on people in the criminal legal system. And because that system has targeted residents of color and those who are impoverished, the practice has affected these communities most. Proposition 6 aims to end involuntary servitude in our prisons, doing away once and for all with a practice that stains our history.   

Due to a provision in California's constitution, prisons have long enforced low-paid labor on people in the criminal legal system. And because that system has targeted residents of color and those who are impoverished, the practice has affected these communities most. Proposition 6 aims to end involuntary servitude in our prisons, doing away once and for all with a practice that stains our history.   

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