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VOL. 97, NO. 8 FEBRUARY 13,
2020
An Associated Collegiate Press two-time national Pacemaker award-winning newspaper, serving as the voice of the students since 1922.
The Riverside City College Baseball team pays their respects to Kobe Bryant and the Altobelli family.
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Mayor addresses Riverside Final State of the City speech focuses on soultions to housing crisis ERIK GALICIA INTERIM NEWS EDITOR
Mayor Rusty Bailey called for Riverside to put “all hands on deck” to overcome homelessness during his final State of the City address at the Riverside Convention Center on Jan. 30. Bailey praised the recent economic growth and untapped
potential of the city, claiming that Riverside has attracted nearly $2 billion in private investment in the last five years, with small business employment increasing 37%. “These successes are our successes,” Bailey said. “But the bottom line ... is this. California, and thereby Riverside, is in a housing and homeless crisis. We need to treat this emergency with
a sense of urgency. This mayor is calling on you.” Last year, the California Department of Housing and Community Development advised that the state needs to build 1.3 million housing units by 2030. To meet its housing needs, Riverside will need to build 18,000 units in the new decade. The mayor explained that accomplishing this will require a
six-fold increase in the number of residential unit approvals made by the city. “The situation is even more dire with affordable housing,” he said. “We have 584 affordable housing units already in the pipeline. But when these are complete, we will only have met 33% of our affordable housing
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Sanders visits Inland Empire ERIK GALICIA INTERIM NEWS EDITOR
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) stopped by Moreno Valley on Dec. 20 to discuss his plans to address scientists’ warnings that Earth risks irreparable damage if a 45% reduction in carbon emissions is not achieved by 2030. Most attendees were eager to hear Sanders’ Green New Deal proposals and filled the Marinaj Banquets and Events Hall with chants demanding climate reform. “What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now! If we don’t get it, shut it down!” Different versions of a Green New Deal have been proposed all over the world in recent years to address climate change. The most recent proposal in the United States, drafted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DNY.) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), failed to pass in the Republican-controlled senate earlier this year. Sanders claimed to have the “strongest, most comprehensive” climate change proposal of all the presidential candidates and rang the alarm on the worsening of the refugee crisis that climate change is expected to cause. “Most importantly, (the Green New Deal) recognizes the existential crisis that we are in,” Sanders said. “What scientists are
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Freshman defensive linemen Alex Navarro-Silva blows past the offensive line to apply pressure on the quarterback in the CCCAA championship on Dec. 14, 2019.
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