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John Garamendi was raised on his family’s ranch in Mokelumne Hill, California. He received his B.A. in business from UC Berkeley where he was a Wheeler Scholar, second team All America offensive guard, two-time all Pacific Coast Conference team, and the 1964 West Coast heavy weight wrestling champion. They now have 13 grandchildren and continue to raise Angus cattle on their family ranch and grow pears in their Delta orchard.
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Mark my words: Donald Trump, Markwayne Mullin, and ICE will never use the Golden Bear for their mass deportation agenda.
Deporting migrants by ship is not only impractical, inhumane, and harmful to our sealift capacity. It makes absolutely no sense. Do not do it. Don’t even consider it.
Proud to stand with Congressman Salud Carbajal in pushing back against this nonsense. ... See MoreSee Less
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Patti and I are saddened to hear of the passing of Merl Craft, the former mayor of Pittsburg and tireless advocate for her community.
Merl passed away Monday night, leaving behind a legacy of mentorship and advocacy, as well as a loving family and many friends.
She held several public positions over her decades-long career, including Pittsburg city councilwoman and mayor. While working as the city’s Recreation Supervisor, she received the East Contra Costa County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Love in Action Award” in 2007. She also co-founded Future Build, a nonprofit that connects young people to job opportunities in the trades, and founded Open Opportunities, a nonprofit that provides mentoring, healthy life choices, and career training for adults in need.
Merl was more than a leader. She was a mother, a mentor, and the epitome of a public servant. Her contributions to Pittsburg and California’s 8th Congressional District will never be forgotten. ... See MoreSee Less
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Patti and I are saddened by the news of Dolores Huerta’s passing.
Dolores was a very close personal friend and colleague with whom we worked for years on advancing social justice. We first worked with Dolores in 1976 during the farmworkers’ strike in San Joaquin County, where she bravely led the effort to improve working conditions for farmworkers.
Every moment of her extraordinary life was dedicated to improving the lives of working people.
Dolores’s determination to improve the conditions for working people brought her to Washington, D.C., where she and Patti marched hand-in-hand to improve the conditions for women.
Her work lives on through the Dolores Huerta Foundation and in the halls of Congress, where we will continue to work to make Dolores’s vision of workers’ rights a reality. I will never waver in my commitment to fighting for fair wages and safe, equitable working conditions for all workers.
Dolores also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and coined the rallying cry “Sí se puede,” a phrase that will live on with her memory.
Dolores’s life and memory will forever be a reminder of what can be accomplished through grit, determination, and, most importantly, a love for justice for all. ... See MoreSee Less
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