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Alicia Ramirez (she/her)

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Texan. Journalist. Entrepreneur. Founder of RiversideRecord.org | @riversiderecord.bsky.social. USC Annenberg adjunct professor. 📍Los Angeles It should go without saying, but just in case it doesn’t, reposts ≠ endorsements.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · Nov 14

Lots of new followers around these parts, so allow me to reintroduce myself 👋

I’m Alicia, the founder and publisher of @riversiderecord.bsky.social, a nonprofit newsroom focused on civic engagement reporting in Riverside County, California, that’s been running for two years now.

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Richmondside @richmondside.org · 6h

California auditor credits city's three-year effort to build reserves, eliminate deficits and implement budget reforms.

Richmond no longer financially unstable, state says

California auditor credits city's three-year effort to build reserves, eliminate deficits and implement budget reforms.

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 7h

I used to be able to keep these DAILY MEMOs to under 3 minutes, the last couple videos have been impossible to. ICE is escalating in Los Angeles, just look at the article version with every incident highlighted. This is only what we could confirm, only what we know of. @lataco.bsky.social

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 9h

Saw that video and immediately thought of @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social’s interview with @governor.ca.gov in the days following the first ICE raids in L.A.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 16h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 10h

Happy Latine Heritage Month from me and my frijoles de la olla 🫘

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The Riverside Record 🍊 @riversiderecord.bsky.social · 15h

The Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board of Education Tuesday voted 3-1 to fill the vacant Trustee Area 3 seat by appointment, with Trustee Nancy Young voting against.
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Murrieta Valley Unified To Fill Vacant Board Seat By Appointment

The Murrieta Valley Unified School District Board of Education Tuesday voted 3-1 to fill the vacant Trustee Area 3 seat by appointment, with Trustee Nancy Young voting against.

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The Riverside Record 🍊 @riversiderecord.bsky.social · 18h

The Palo Verde Hospital District last week filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in an effort to stabilize the hospital’s finances while preserving access to emergency and outpatient services in Blythe.
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Palo Verde Healthcare District Files For Bankruptcy

The Palo Verde Hospital District last week filed for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy in an effort to stabilize the hospital’s finances while preserving access to emergency and outpatient services in Blythe.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 1d

Jewish Currents has learned that the Conscience flotilla, with
Emily Wilder aboard reporting for us, has been intercepted and boarded by the Israeli military. Communications with Emily and the rest of the boat have been cut. We are awaiting further updates.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

The board is now adjourned to closed session, in which county counsel says there’s one expected reportable action.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s meeting was adjourned in memory of former lawmaker David Kelley, who died two weeks ago.

www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/h...

David Kelley Obituary - Hemet, CA

Celebrate the life of David Kelley, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Miller Jones Mortuary Hemet.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry.

The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

Exclusive from @thetrace.org and Rolling Stone: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in the final stretch now, folks.

We’ve got board comments, executive office updates and memorials and adjournments left before the board heads into closed session.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

And now we’re onto public comments for items not on the agendas. We’ve got 10 speakers, the clerk says, nine here and one online.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

Moving onto 22.6, another FCGPA initiation, this time in the Desert Center Area Plan.

The initiation has been approved unanimously, though Supervisor V. Manuel Perez said he was very critical of the proposal.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve got five public speakers on this item, four against the FCGPA initiation due to concerns with the project as proposed and one in support.

The board unanimously supports Chuck Washington’s motion to continue this item to October 28.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

We have sailed through the public hearings, with unanimous approvals and few questions until now, with item 22.5, which is looking for a FCGPA initiation to allow for the application to subdivide a 78-acre site to 47 acres for residential and 31 acres for conservation in the French Valley Area.

A slide comparing the existing land use with the proposed land use in a side by side format.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

Both of those items were approved unanimously, and we’re moving right along to public hearings.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

Now onto the meat of the agenda.

Supervisors already did the consent calendar at the top, minus items pulled by the public.

Brad Anderson, from Rancho Mirage, pulled both 3.5 and 3.38, talking about the importance of transparency on both items.

Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

Kicking off this meeting with presentations for the 2025 Employee Recognition Program Awards, Domestic Violence Awareness Month and National Pedestrian Safety Month.

A posed photo of all of the 2025 Employee Recognition Program Awards.

Supervisor Karen Spiegel talks about the importance of raising awareness of domestic violence and the services available for people in the county.

Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez makes the presentation for National Pedestrian Safety Month.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

This morning’s special guest is Kai (A1881861). He is a 1-year-old terrier mix who is available at the Western Riverside County/City Animal Shelter, 6851 Van Buren Blvd. In Jurupa Valley.

A photo of a RCDAS employee holding Kai, a 1-year-old terrier mix.

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Alicia Ramirez (she/her) @aliciak2010.bsky.social · 1d

It’s October 7, and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting is set to start in about 10 minutes.

Follow along here: riversidecountyca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Det...

A photo of the empty dais ahead of today’s meeting.

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Stephanie Lulay @slulay2.bsky.social · 1d

@blockclubchi.bsky.social, our nonprofit newsroom, is suing the federal government after 4 of our journalists were shot w/ pepper-spray bullets & tear-gassed by federal agents at Broadview.

Here's why we're defending our First Amendment right to report — and your right to know:

Block Club Chicago, News Organizations Sue Feds Over First Amendment Violations

Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed while covering protests outside the Broadview ICE facility. A judge heard arguments at an emergency hearing Monday.

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 1d

Today, #SCOTUS will rule on a conversion therapy ban in CO. If you're a journalist covering the case, make sure to check out this free resource we created in partnership with @transjournalists.org to help you engage in responsible, evidence-based reporting.

Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook

Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 2d

Posting with proper alt text. Imgine being visually impaired clicking through the alt text to see what the letter says and all you get is "letter from JB pritzker" not really useful!

From Pritzker:

Dear Governor Stitt:
On April 29th, 2024, I joined you and 51 of our colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden's
Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, voicing our opposition to Legislative Proposal 480. In that
letter, we stood united-53 Governors strong-around a fundamental principle: "Ensuring the
National Guard is adequately equipped with resources and capabilities to serve as the operational
combat reserve for national security missions and to support domestic emergencies is among the
National Governors Association's highest priorities."
Together, Democratic and Republican Governors unequivocally reminded the Biden Administration
of a shared commitment: "For over a century, Title 10 and Title 32 of U.S.C. have upheld
gubernatorial authority over the National Guard. National Guard assets are critical components of
states and territories' responses to crises. Governors must maintain full authority as Commanders in
Chief of these assets to protect operational readiness and America's communities."
Our collective belief then-and my unwavering conviction now-is that actions "that sidestep,
eliminate or otherwise reduce Governors' authority within their states and territories undermine
longstanding partnerships, precedence, military readiness and operational efficacy. This action also
negatively affects the important relationships between Governors and the federal government at a
time when we need full trust and confidence to meet growing threats posed by strategic competition
as well as natural disasters."
The principles we defended in April 2024 rose above party lines and presidential administrations. constitutional imperatives that demand protection regardless of the occupant of the White House.

That is why I am calling on you, as Chair of the National Governors Association, to speak out
against the unconstitutional deployment of Texas National Guard units into Illinois without my
consent or authorization. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he authorized, in coordination with
President Trump, his state's National Guard to operate within Illinois borders - a direct violation of
the principles we all defended just months ago. This is precisely the federal and interstate overreach
we warned against-gubernatorial authority being trampled, state sovereignty being ignored, and
the constitutional balance between states being attacked. If the President continues overriding
Governors to deploy military assets into another state against another Governor's will, we have

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abandoned the foundational principles that have protected our Republic for nearly 250 years. This
action must be denounced immediately and unequivocally by the National Governors Association.
The credibility of the National Governors Association-and our integrity as state executives-rests
on our willingness to apply our principles consistently, regardless of which administration attacks
them. Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have
no choice but to withdraw from the organization. I remain hopeful that principled leadership will
prevail over political calculation and we can chart a path forward together.
Sincerely,

Governor JB Pritzker
State of Illinois

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