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For 25 years Catalyst California has advanced racial justice through building multiracial solidarity, forging deep connections with people across geography and identity, and believing that truth is the basis for transformative social change that makes the lives of Californians better. 

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Babies and Toddlers

The Early Years are Critical to Setting a Strong Foundation

Babies are Rapidly Acquiring Language and Knowledge of the World Around Them

Supporting Babies to Thrive Gives Them Opportunities to Succeed and Build Resilience

Babies and Toddlers in LA County Report

Building California's Future: Tackling the Facilities Challenge for Our Youngest Learners

Uplifting the Assets of California's Dual Language Learners in the Early Years

Uplifting Family Voices: Family Engagement in California’s Rate Reform & Quality Initiative

The research is clear that the healthy growth, learning, and overall well-being of our babies and toddlers is directly connected to the well-being of their families and community. Supporting babies and toddlers to thrive means supporting families and communities to thrive. It is critical that the state intentionally centers whole child, whole family policies and resources for our babies’ and toddlers’ healthy development and growth.

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Centering Equity for L.A. County’s Redistricting Cycle

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Decrease the Role of Law Enforcement

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Funding Racial Justice- Local Budget Basics

That's a Wrap: Inaugural Funding Racial Justice Budget Advocacy Training Program

Funding Racial Justice: Budget Advocacy Training for Community Power

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Los Angeles Office of Racial Equity (ORE)

The LA City scandal has caused deep wounds across communities and exposed inequities in how city government operates. While the political and civic leaders involved in the scandal must be held accountable, intercommunity healing and a more equitable future will require more than just resignations. A new vision of city governance is needed, and that vision needs to be rooted in and shaped by the perspectives of BIPOC and low-income Angelenos. In collaboration with residents, OUR LA will work to realize this vision and advance a community-based reform agenda. 

OUR LA - Organize | Unite | Reform LA

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This November, LA County voters will have the option to begin a process of fundamentally reshaping how the County Government operates. Unlike the City of Los Angeles, which took a methodical approach over nearly two years to identify modest governance reforms, the County has brought sweeping reforms to voters in less than a month with Measure G. Like many others, Organize, Unite, Reform LA (OUR LA) is still analyzing these reforms and their potential implications on our communities. 

OUR LA Statement: County Governance Reform Measure G

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Police Reform

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Quality in Early Care and Education

Racially Just Schools of Belonging

California’s public schools and early childhood learning spaces serve children of all races, religions, and economic backgrounds, so they can grow and thrive. As advocates, we have long worked to make these spaces safe, inclusive, and affirming where joyful learning can happen for every child. But under the Trump administration, this diverse education system is under serious threat. 

Resources for Safe Schools in Challenging Times

Student Equity Need Index

Furthers LCFF’s vision by prioritizing the allocation of resources to high-need schools to better address inequities.

Strengthens shared-power and shared-decision making between district and community.

Provides additional flexible funding for school sites.

Equity Alliance for LA's Kids

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Racial Justice Equity Plan to Recovery

On a Podcast: Budgeting for Educational Equity

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Reimagining Justice & Safety

By Chauncee Smith, Research and Policy Analyst

Denying the right to vote to people returning home from prison is a stain on our democracy that arises from colonial-era efforts to diminish the political power of communities of color.  Specifically, since 1849, the California Constitution has prohibited people who have a felony conviction from voting, even if they are no longer incarcerated.

Because of decades of racially biased mass incarceration, today, three out of four people who leave California prisons are Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, or Pacific Islander. As a result, they are locked out of the voting booth. This form of voter suppression not only harms the formerly incarcerated but also their families and communities whose political power is diminished for generations.  

We can’t have an elected government that represents all of us when some community members are unfairly excluded from our elections and denied the ability to participate in our democracy.

Proposition 17 will amend the California Constitution and restore voting rights to Californians returning home from prison. With its passage, nearly 50,000 Californians who have completed their prison terms, returned home, raised families, held jobs, paid taxes, and contributed to society will have a say when it comes to the representatives and policies impacting their communities.

Contact Chauncee Smith, Research and Policy Analyst, for more information.

This November, Californians will consider a set of ballot measures that could reshape our state into a more just and equitable society for generations to come. Here are our endorsements, offered to help move California into that better tomorrow: 

Supporting Proposition 15 (Schools and Communities First)

Supporting Proposition 16 (Repeal Proposition 209 Affirmative Action Amendment)

Supporting  Proposition 17 (Voting Rights Restoration for Persons on Parole Amendment)

Supporting Proposition 18 (Primary Voting for 17-Year-Olds Amendment) 

Opposing Proposition 20 (Criminal Sentencing, Parole, and DNA Collection Initiative)

Supporting Proposition 21 (Local Rent Control Initiative)

Supporting L.A. County Measure J (Reimagine L.A.)

By Chauncee Smith, Research and Policy Analyst Denying the right to vote to people returning home from prison is a stain on our democracy that arises from colonial-era efforts to diminish the political power of communities of color.  Specifically, since 1849, the California Constitution has prohibited people who have a felony conviction from voting, even …

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