DAILY 49ER California State University, Long Beach
Vol. LXVII, Issue 102
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Think globally
Vote locally Today is election day in the City of Long Beach. For more information about the election, check out page 2.
Long Beach district candidates
Al Austin II
Wesley Turnbow
Laurie Angel
Ballot measures Measure A
Erik Miller
Voter approval will create a 1 cent sales tax for ten years. The tax would be used to improve public safety resources, such as fire engines and paramedic response times, as well as infrastructure improvements. Critics argue that it could be used for any purpose, not limited to these two areas.
Josephine Villasenor
Dee Andrews
SH
Robert Harmon
Measure B
Joen Garcia
Eric Gray
Jeannine Pearce
462,257
Poll Locations There are currently 169 polling places in Long Beach. Polling locations can be found on longbeach.gov through a Polling Place Generator, which finds a polling place near the address submitted into the locator. Late changes in polling locations may not be listed until Election Day, according to longbeach.gov.
Requirements to vote Must be at least 18 years old on Election Day Must be a United States citizen and California resident Must not be in prison or paroled for a felony conviction Must be registered to vote in Long Beach
Polls close at 8 p.m.
News 2
Voter approval will create a budget stabilization fund. The fund would be used to pay future city operations and services that would be reduced or suspended due to a recession or financial hardship in the city. The passing of Measure B is contingent on the passage of Measure A.
Total Population in LB
167,638
Total Active Registered Voters
12.42%
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
‘Secret Survivors’ come forward in film Women’s Gender and Equity Center arranges discussion panel with sexual assault survivor Amita Swadhin. By Erik Öhrström Staff Writer
A survivor of sexual assault, Amita Swadhin experienced years of abuse by her parents throughout her childhood, including eight years of rape by her father. But last Thursday, loud applause filled the theater hall when Swadhin, now a sexual assault survivor, came on stage and introduced herself with a soft-spoken, sophisticated tone of voice. There were almost no empty chairs left in the hall. The warm welcome quickly transformed into a thoughtful silence that reflected the sensitivity of the topic. The Women’s Gender and Equity Center arranged a movie screening of “Secret Survivors,” where Swadhin was a guest speaker, in the Beach Auditorium at Cal State Long Beach. Today, Swadhin is an educator, storyteller, activist and has been a consultant for nonprofit organizations for more than 15 years. She said she is dedicated to fighting interpersonal and institutional violence against young people. Since her internship at the Office of Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice in 1997, she has been a frequent speaker at university conferences and community organizations where she has often discussed being a survivor of child sexual abuse. She thinks that the high level of stigma and taboo associated with child sexual abuse is the reason why a lot of people do not dare to talk about their experiences. “I think about the fact that 20 percent of the U.S. population experience child sexual abuse,” Swadhin said. “This means that everybody in this room either is a survivor or has a loved one who is a survivor. This is a public health issue that affects all of us.” After a short introductory speech, “Secret Survivors” appeared on the screen. The movie was a 40-min-
see SURVIVOR, page 4
2012 Long Beach voter turnout
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