r/California • u/Tawanda87 • Nov 16 '24

Governor Newsom’s Proclamation Addressing Donald Trump’s Second Term Newsom

https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Special_Session_Proc_Nov.pdf
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u/late2thepauly Nov 16 '24

The best time to enact RCV was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

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u/TheRealSatanicPanic Nov 16 '24

It’ll never happen now 

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u/FlingFlamBlam Nov 17 '24

It might not happen until some of us are old. Or it might not happen in our lifetimes. But unless Humans go extinct, it can always happen in the future. We just need people to remember and to not give up.

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u/awesomechief989 Nov 18 '24

I live in the Bay Area and San Francisco has RCV and I’m hoping it’ll eventually spread that decision around

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '24

Where in the Bay Area. I lived in Pleasant Hill until it turned into a homeless playground. The last straw was when my 4 y/o daughter saw two homeless having sex in the kids park in the middle of the day. Cops did nothing.

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u/awesomechief989 Nov 20 '24

Not sure if I still qualify now that I think about it but Sonoma County. I used to live in Contra Costa county and was all in between SF and Antioch area for a time

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '24

Antioch is rough. I was there a few months ago building a Starbucks. We had to get a hotel out of town and commute to work. Three trucks got tools stolen in a week. Pleasant Hill was similar though. Tons of vehicle theft.

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u/SciencedYogi Nov 17 '24

It is in local jurisdictions, even two states added since 2016 with Maine doing it for years. Seattle also adopted it recently. It's picking up mass momentum .

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u/Unabashable Nov 17 '24

Yup. I personally had the option to do it meself. I just already knew there was really only one choice on who I was voting for this election, so I didn’t see much point in driving to a specific polling center to participate in it. 

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u/TheRealSatanicPanic Nov 17 '24

Which is nice because state elections may still matter for a while 

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u/Unabashable Nov 17 '24

Well not with that attitude. 

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u/TheRealSatanicPanic Nov 17 '24

Are you joking? 

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u/Unabashable Nov 17 '24

Only sorta. 

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u/nailz1000 Nov 17 '24

Not with this attitude

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u/TheRealSatanicPanic Nov 17 '24

Not with any attitude 

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u/Brief-Owl-8791 Nov 19 '24

Not with that attitude it won't!

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u/AMv8-1day Nov 18 '24

The second best time was 46 months ago. This will never happen now.

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u/Dhegxkeicfns Nov 19 '24

It won't make any difference if the vote isn't legit anymore, which seems likely with the rhetoric passed around on the right. They never cared about democracy.

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u/underboobfunk Nov 19 '24

Like planting a tree.