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Mike Feinstein
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Political columnist. Electoral reform advocate. Former Mayor & City Council member, Santa Monica, CA. Co-founder Green Party of California. 2018 Green CA Secretary of State candidate. Happy vegan, Scorpio, Lakers fan, globe trotter/world traveler/mochilero
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I support #SB42 which gives CA voters the ability to empower the state's General Law cities w/the option to enact public financing #cleanmoney programs for local elections. Such cities should also be empowered to enact #rankedchoicevoting if they wish
#capolitics
www.ocregister.com/2025/02/17/c...
California voters may decide if cities can fund local campaigns with public money
The bill would not require cities to adopt public financing plans, Sen. Tom Umberg said, but rather give them the option to do so.
www.ocregister.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
SIGN THE PETITION for #SB42 the California Fair Elections Act to empower voters and fight Big Money by allowing public financing of campaigns anywhere in California!

SIGN HERE: bit.ly/sign-sb42
Sign petition for SB 42 - California Clean Money
Sign the petition for SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act, to allow public financing of campaigns so elections are won, not bought!
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February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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COLUMN: A Green Perspective: Lessons about democracy (including in #DNCchair race).
By Michael Feinstein. Hudson Valley Times, NY. Jan 30, 2025 timeshudsonvalley.com/news-of-the-...
#rankedchoicevoting #RCV #voterchoice #ballotaccess #ElectoralReform #FairElections #ProportionalRepresentation
January 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Polluters Pay is a basic principle of environmental justice. Corporations will never VOLUNTARILY stop destroying our shared climate. They are motivated only by fear of fiscal losses.

Democrats like to pretend they are interested in the environment…let Gavin Newsom prove it by getting SB1247 passed
January 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The Green Party of LA County calls for passage of the Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act at upcoming special State Legislative Session, so those responsible for the climate catastrophe that created the conditions for the #LAFires are held accountable losangeles.cagreens.org/issues/la-fi...
January 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Green Party 2024 end-of-the-year Election Report
www.gpelections.org/election-rep...
• Greens win 54.3% of local elections they contest
• 160 Greens currently hold elected office
• Green candidates regain ballot status in 6 states
• Green presidential ticket finishes 3rd in nation
#GreenEnter
December 30, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Michael Feinstein, former Green Party Mayor of Santa Monica, CA, shares important and valuable information about how to Decide to Run for Office, Campaign for Office, and Serve in Office as a Green. #VoteGreen @greenpartyus.bsky.social @mfeinstein.bsky.social

youtu.be/MwtpsD1JiYw?...
Run Green! 12.8.24
YouTube video by Green Party of Washington
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December 14, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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My latest column calling for proportional ranked-choice voting elections from multi-seat districts for the LA City Council as part of LA Charter Reform, published in the largest spanish language newspaper in the US laopinion.com/2024/12/03/s... #electoralreform #lacitycouncil #rankedchoicevoting
December 4, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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My latest column promoting proportional representation elections:

OPINION: Michael Feinstein: the real lesson from the Wallis-Holstege State Assembly race. Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA
#fairelections #voterchoice #proportionalrepresentation #electoralreform
www.desertsun.com/story/opinio...
November 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM