Voter registration forms sitting on tables or clutched in the hands of club representatives have become a common sight to students traveling up and down Bruin Walk and represent a cooperative effort from several student groups to get students to register to vote in the Nov. Read more...

A week after their rally at UCLA, University of California service workers took their concerns to UC Berkeley on Friday, where 16 people were cited while rallying for higher wages and better opportunities for over 7,000 service workers. Read more...

City council closes meeting The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said the Beverly Hills City Council violated California’s open-meeting law when it refused to allow three opponents of a proposed hotel to speak at an Aug. Read more...

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Proposition 63 would dramatically increase funding for mental health programs in California. But the measure is the wrong solution for a serious problem. The treatment and prevention of psychological illnesses is a crucial responsibility of government, but Proposition 63 would set inflexible requirements, selectively tax a few, and further limit the ability of the legislature to allocate the state’s money. Read more...

Proposition 59 will help protect the simple but important right to open government by amending the state constitution with current open record and meeting laws. California already requires most governmental meetings to be public and state records to be accessible, but the legislature could easily modify these laws at any time. Read more...

A concert in Los Angeles tonight will fund preventative measures against HIV infection by donating its proceeds to the UCLA AIDS Institute. The organization called “MUSICaids … life thru music” will be featuring its “Songs for a New Resolution” concert to support the UCLA AIDS Institute’s research. Read more...