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Friday, July 20, 2018 Vol. 12 No. 58
CA: Supercharged California recently approved more than $700 million for utility companies to invest in electric-vehicle charging infrastructure. (TonyTheTigersSon/Twenty20)
California, Cities Worldwide Push Automakers to Future Without Emissions By Desert Star Staff LOS ANGELES – Businesses, cities and the state of California are using their collective power to push automakers toward an electric future. This week, the Climate
Group, an international organization dedicated to fighting global climate change, launched the “Zero Emission Vehicle Challenge” in cities around the world, including Los Angeles, London, New York and Paris.
By Desert Star Staff TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Studies, including the latest release of the KIDS COUNT Data Book by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, show students of color are more likely to live in poverty and have poor educational outcomes. But church and civic leaders say that can change if policymakers address educational inequality. When it comes to funding public education, Florida received a C grade for fairness by the Education Law Center because the state doesn’t adjust its spending to account for high poverty areas. Rev. Russell Meyer, executive director of the Florida Council of Churches, says
he believes that, through its policies, the school system has settled on the idea that some students will do better than other students because the funding formula is set to where some students get enrichment while others get management. “You walk into those schools and you just do a visual check, then you walk into the suburban schools and it’s night and day when it comes to funding,” he states. Despite persistent achievement gaps between low-income and minority students and their peers, state educational officials have touted the state’s progress while receiving
Lauren Faber O’Connor, chief sustainability officer for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, says her city is well on its way to electrifying its vehicle fleet. She says cities will be better poised to influence the auto industry if they join forces.
“If you have cities acting together, you can make a real impact on the market and tell automakers that if they provide these vehicles, we will buy them,” says Faber O’Connor. Faber O’Connor notes that Los Angeles already has
met its goal of electrifying at least half the city’s vehicles. The city also plans to have an all-electric bus fleet by 2030. The ZEV Challenge is calling on automakers to Continues on Page 3
Church, Civic Leaders Call for Improvements in Education Equity
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Research prepared for the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University finds dramatic changes in enrollment, and court rulings and policy changes in recent decades have undercut desegregation efforts in Florida. (Pixabay)