*Meeting controls for call-in attendees: NOTE: As of this month, you'll need a password (included above) to join Friday Forums. Please be sure to keep this email handy! ICUJP Board Chair Steve Rohde will lead a discussion about the very important local and state measures that Los Angeles County and California residents will decide on Tuesday, Nov. 3. ----- ICUJP Positions on 2020 Ballot Measures Prop 14: Authorizes $5.5 billion in new bonds for stem cell and other medical research; adds more oversight and better patient access to treatment – YES 15: Raises property taxes on most commercial properties worth over $3 million to provide new funding to local governments and schools – YES 16: Repeals Prop. 209 and reinstates affirmative action – YES 17: Gives parolees the right to vote - YES 18: Gives voting rights to people at age 17 – YES 19: Real estate property relief – carries forward profit from sale – No position 20: Repeal of propositions 47 and 57, which reduce mass incarceration – NO 21: Rent control expansion - removes Costa Hawkins so local communities can decide their own rent control – YES 22: Exempts ride-sharing and food-delivery companies from Assembly Bill 5 (2019) so drivers working 30+ hours weekly can be considered contractors, not employees – NO 23: Kidney dialysis worker protections – YES 24: California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 - would expand the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), create the California Privacy Protection Agency, and stop businesses from fixing violations before being penalized - No position 25: Referendum to repeal Prop 10 (return to cash bail) – YES, with caveat: This is a start, but still work to do LA County Measure J: Requires 10% of discretionary funding go to incarceration alternatives - YES ----- A constitutional lawyer, lecturer, writer and political activist, Steve Rohde authored the books American Words of Freedom and Freedom of Assembly and coauthored Foundations of Freedom. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily Journal and Los Angeles Review of Books.
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Start your morning with us! Reflection: Rubi Omar * Link to this week's agenda. * ** Meetings begin promptly at 7:30 am Pacific. ** ----- Here's how to join the online meeting:To join by video conference, you'll need to download the Zoom app on your computer or mobile device. Click on the link to join the meeting and then enter the Meeting ID number and passcode. You'll be able to see slides and video, as well as speakers and other attendees. If you prefer to join by phone, you'll be prompted to enter the Meeting ID number and passcode. You won't be able to see the visuals or attendees, but you can view them on the meeting video recording afterward. If you're new to Zoom and would like to use the video option, we recommend you download the app well ahead of time. ICUJP Friday Forum 10/9 Option 1: Join Zoom Video Meeting: Option 2: Dial in by phone only: (To find a dial-in number closer to you, go here.) ----- Please note: Our Friday Forums and other events are open to the public. By attending, you consent to having your voice and likeness recorded, photographed, posted on ICUJP's website and social media, and included in ICUJP materials and publications for noncommercial purposes. If you don't want to be photographed or recorded, please let the facilitator know. UPCOMING FRIDAY FORUMS OCT 16: Peace Camp 2020 - Susan Stouffer, SoLa Community Peace Center You are receiving this email because you are a part of the ICUJP Mailing List. You cannot reply to everyone through this email. If you wish to send something to the entire discuss list, email: icujp-discuss-list@googlegroups.com.
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For over 45 years, he practiced law in New York and then Los Angeles, specializing in communications and intellectual property law, civil and appellate litigation and constitutional and civil rights law. A graduate of Columbia Law School, Steve has been honored by the American Bar Association, the ACLU, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and Bend the Arc.Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.
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