RAC-CA

After the successful passage of significant climate legislation (see below), RAC-CA turns to helping pass reproductive freedom ballot measures in Nevada, Arizona and Florida with the following actions:

Phone/Text Banks:

No experience necessary, and training will be provided. Check back often as new phone and text banks are added.

Wed Oct 9, 5:45-8pm – Phone Bank to Nevada

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Wed Oct 30, 5:45-8pm – Phone Bank to Nevada

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Mon Nov 4, 2-5pm – Phone Bank to Florida   
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Mon Nov 4, 5:45-8pm – Phone Bank to Nevada   
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Tues, Nov 5, 4:20 - 7pm – Phone Bank to Nevada   
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We will add text banks to this calendar as soon as the NV and AZ campaigns schedule them.

Canvassing trips:

RAC-CA will travel to neighboring states to go door-to-door with the state campaigns to inform voters about the reproductive freedom ballot measures. Training will be provided, and no prior experience is necessary.  

• Sept 22-24 to Reno, organized by Temple Isaiah Lafayette. More information and registration. Please Note: For security reasons, everyone must create an account in order to register. Accounts are manually approved within 24 hours of creation, during business hours. If you have problems registering, please call (925) 283-8575 during regular business hours. The registration deadline is Sept 18.
• Oct 14-15 to Las Vegas, organized by Leo Baeck Temple. More information and registration. The registration deadline is Sept 23.

Post Cards:

RAC-CA will send postcards to voters in Florida, where the reproductive freedom measure faces a 60% threshold for passage, higher than in other states The deadline for ordering postcards is Sept 17, and the postcards must be mailed by October 1. Order your Florida postcards. 

Climate Texts & Resources

A Climate Reading of the Unetaneh Tokef 
Climate Al Chet, Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco

Sermons from Our clergy

• Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Temple Beth El, Riverside "Saving the Earth"
• Rabbi Cassi Kail, Temple Beth El, San Pedro, "Rosh Hashanah 5783-2022"
• Rabbi Leah Lewis, Temple Menorah, Redondo Beach, "Listening Heart Understanding Mind"
• Rabbi Stacy Friedman, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael – RH 5783-2022

RAC-CA has worked in coalition across lines of race, class, and Fath to help pass many pass many new laws. Here are some of our victories, where RAC-CA worked in coalition to helped pass:

• AB 1866 and AB 2716, two bills that help protect Californians from greenhouse gasses emitted by idle and low-producing oil wells that increase global warming and expose nearby residents to significant adverse health effects. 
• SB 1137 in 2022, protecting residential neighborhoods from oil drilling. In 2024, RAC-CA helped stop a potential ballot referendum that threatened to overturn this law. The oil industry withdrew their ballot referendum in the face of organizing by RAC-CA, Dayenu and our allies in the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California. 
• AB 421 in 2023 reforming the CA veto referendum process to make it more transparent
• SB 62 the Garment Workers Protection Act in 2021 to ensure retailers pay minimum wage and create safe working conditions for garment workers who are primarily immigrant women.
• AB 133 in 2021 expanding Medi-Cal eligibility regardless of immigration status for Californians. Today, immigrants of all ages who meet the income requirements are eligible for Medi-Cal.
• A budget measure in 2019 that tripled funding for local gun violence prevention programs in California communities most affected by gun violence.
• SB-100 The 100% Clean Energy Act in 2018 mandated clean and carbon-free energy in California by 2045.
• Proposition 1 Affordable and Veterans' Housing Bond in 2018 authorized $4 billion for affordable housing.
• Proposition 57 in 2016 provided incentives for rehabilitation, created a path to early parole for nonviolent offenders and decreased the number of minor offenders charged as adults.
• AB-953 in 2015 tracks racial profiling by law enforcement.
• AB-4 The Trust Act in 2013 and SB-54 The California Values Act in 2017, which protected undocumented immigrants by limiting law enforcement and prison cooperation with federal deportation authorities.