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September 27, 2019
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** CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE CLEAN UP PROJECT
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Good morning!

What a week and month it has been! If you’re like me, you’re feeling both exhausted and out of touch with the rest of the world. Lucky for you, California Policy Center is here to catch you up on some of the major news stories you may have missed!

Last Friday, Gov. Newsom issued an executive order mandating that the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTERS) stop investing in fossil fuels in favor of so-called green investments. According to the Sacramento Bee ([link removed]) , the order requires CalPERS and CalSTERS to work with the Newsom administration to “provide a timeline and criteria to shift investments to companies and industry sectors that have greater growth potential based on their focus of adapting to and mitigating the impacts of climate change, including investments in carbon-neutral, carbon-negative and clean energy technologies.”

The next day, volunteers descended on the City of Angels to remove waste from homeless encampments. The #LosAngelesCleanUp ([link removed]) was organized by Scott Presler, a conservative activist who has led similar clean-up efforts in Baltimore, Newark, and Virginia Beach. In nine hours, Presler and 200 volunteers removed an amazing 50 tons ([link removed]) of trash in downtown Los Angeles.

Gov. Newsom told ([link removed]) the United Nations (U.N.) Monday that he was “humiliated” because Donald Trump is his president. Speaking at the UN Climate Action Summit, he and others condemned the president for his lack of action on the issue. Your favorite weekly news piece is working overtime to find photos of the Golden State Gov. pedaling a bicycle to and from New York City.

While attending the UN Climate Action Summit, Gov. Newsom announced on Wednesday that California would launch a satellite to track climate change. The LA Times ([link removed]) reports that Bloomberg Philanthropies pledged money to develop a satellite that would help the Golden State track the emission of greenhouse gases.

Also on Monday, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke before the UN. In her address, she excoriated politicians for doing nothing and taking away her future. But as CPC contributor Larry Sand argues, she could not have been further from the truth. He says the source of climate anxiety among millennials and Gen-Zers isn’t so much science itself, but “science” as taught in public schools. Click here to scare yourself. ([link removed])

Thank you to everyone who voted in our Prop 65 contest this month! We’re excited to announce the contest's $1,000 grand prize-winning entry. The winner, with 170 social media votes is Shanae Chester's adorable Week 16 Gingerbread House Entry, which you can viewhere ([link removed]) . Congratulations, Shanae!

Upcoming Events:

The (Transformative) Power of Women
Pepperdine University hosts AEI fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Tuesday, October 1 at 6 pm in Malibu, California. Charity Wallace, founder and principal at Wallace Global Impact and board member at Pepperdine School of Public Policy, will moderate a conversation on women's rights from a global perspective. To purchase tickets for the event, click here ([link removed]) .

Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Permission?
The Pepperdine University School of Public Policy hosts a half-day conference on Wednesday, October 16 in Costa Mesa. Timothy Sandefur, VP for Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, will explore the growing reach of the administrative state—from local government regulations to federal—that are inhibiting (if not preventing) basic American freedoms. Seating is limited. To register, click here ([link removed]) .

Rand Paul at the Reagan Library
U.S. Senator Rand Paul will speak at the Reagan Presidential Library on October 18, about his new book, The Case Against Socialism. There is no cost to attend the event. For more information, and to reserve your spot, click here ([link removed]) .

A Reagan Forum and Book Signing with Dr. Wilfred McClay
Dr. Wilfred McClay, the Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine, will visit the Reagan Presidential Library to discuss “Recovering the American Story: Consciousness and the American Past” on November 15. The event is free and begins at 11 am. For more information, and to reserve your spot, click here ([link removed]) .

As always, if you’d like to join our movement to save California, we invite you to support us. Click here to donate to CPC ([link removed]) .


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