
DeAnn McEwen: Proposition 32 was written to limit the voice of nurses and other working people in Sacramento, while giving free reign for corporate interests and the wealthiest Californians to exert limitless influence over public policy.
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DeAnn McEwen, RN is a co-president of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. McEwen is a longtime intensive care unit registered nurse at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. She leads the Joint Nursing Practice Commission, and as a member of the Legislative and Regulatory Committee, she has influenced healthcare public policy through legislative and grassroots advocacy, particularly by championing a single-payer, Medicare-for-all system in the United States.

Dan Bacher: Despite intense political pressure by the oil industry, the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on April 29 approved three bills proposing to halt fracking, a controversial method of oil and natural gas extraction, in California.
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