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Ending Poverty in California: A Movement, A Plan, A More Equitable Future

HSSB 6020 (McCune Room) University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

What would a California without poverty look like? How would ending economic hardship advance freedom and well-being for all? This is a prospect that has captured the imaginations of activists, reformers, and everyday people for decades, ever since Upton Sinclair made it the centerpiece of his near successful gubernatorial campaign in 1934. Today, it animates […]