By George Skelton, L.A. Times Capitol Journal ~ November 2, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-sac-cap-anthony-rendon-20151102-column.html Your kid's doing cruddy in school? Don't fret. He could rise to the top of his field and land one of the state's most powerful jobs. Like Assemblyman Anthony Rendon of Lakewood, who has been chosen by fellow ...

By Alice Walton, L.A. Times ~ October 8, 2015 Contact Reporter http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-la-county-ccf-grant-20151008-story.html In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the California Community Foundation is pledging $1 billion to Los Angeles County's nonprofit organizations over the next decade. The funding announcement follows a survey that found L.A. County residents want to be involved in ...

By Josh Dulaney, Long Beach Press Telegram http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20150929/cal-state-long-beach-student-body-president-is-undocumented-and-unpaid-wants-change He’s the first undocumented immigrant at Cal State Long Beach to serve as student body president, and now Jose Salazar is leading another campaign, this one to rewrite the rules so that undocumented students who are elected to executive leadership slots can ...

The first undocumented ASI President cannot get paid due to legal status and a pending DACA. Valerie Osier, Staff Writer | September 23, 2015 http://www.daily49er.com/news/2015/09/23/no-paperwork-no-pay-student-president-goes-unpaid-without-documentation/ A new proposal by Associated Students, Inc. President Jose Salazar is causing controversy among the ASI executives. The ASI Board of Control will hear the ...

Gov. Brown has yet to say whether he'll sign the bill creating a model ethnic studies curriculum that districts could use... By Roque Planas, The Huffington Post ~ September 10, 2015 The California state assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would create a model ethnic studies curriculum for optional use ...

By Marisel Moreno, The Huffington Post ~ August 24, 2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marisel-moreno/dear-college-student-please-diversify-your-courses_b_8022442.html I don't know if it's because I'm on research leave this semester and I miss getting ready to go into the classroom, or because of the latest wave of an anti-Latino sentiment partly fueled by a certain presidential contender ...

By KATE LINTHICUM, l.a. times ~ august 22, 2015 http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-dream-summer-20150823-story.html Growing up in wealthy Marin County, Yaqueline Rodas didn't know many people like herself: a young immigrant from Guatemala in the country without legal status. She knew even fewer political activists. So it was with amazement and a little anxiety that ...

Jose Salazar is the first undocumented student to be elected president of the Associated Student Inc government at the California State University Long Beach.   Related Article: Finding A Seat at the Table http://california-mexicocenter.org/finding-a-seat-at-the-table/  

Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program launching meeting of  CSULB faculty and department chairs with Long Beach Unified School District Superintendent Chris Steinhauser on Friday August 14th, 2015. For more information about the Long Beach Ethnic Studies Program, visit the Long Beach Schools website.

Paige Pelonis, Editor in Chief, CSULB Daily 49er ~ April 9, 2015 http://www.daily49er.com/blog/2015/04/09/finding-a-seat-at-the-table/#sthash.H46pdUq0.dpuf Eight — nights in jail, one for every time they caught him at the border. Six — students sitting at “the table for outcasts” back when he couldn’t speak much English. Three — younger siblings watching him become ...