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The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too) October 26 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/9f/074j-9ff3d24b.jpg) ### Ban Single-Use Plastics - The World You Save May Be Your Own Written by Liz Amsden on September 15 2022. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/25502-ban-single-use-plastics-the-world-you-save-may-be-your-own) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7f/074d-7f26acca.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/25499-why-chu-waters-bass-didn-t-work-on-freedom-of-choice-legislation)Written by Caroline Aguirre on September 15 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices). ## [Why? Chu, Waters & Bass Didn’t Work On Freedom of Choice Legislation](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/25499-why-chu-waters-bass-didn-t-work-on-freedom-of-choice-legislation) These three current local elected United States representatives one being Karen Bass who is now running for Mayor of the City of Los Angeles had an o… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c0/073k-c0bc5693.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/25482-to-win-in-november-democrats-must-listen-to-citizen-groups)### [To Win in November, Democrats Must Listen to Citizen Groups](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/25482-to-win-in-november-democrats-must-listen-to-citizen-groups) Written by Ralph Nader on September 11 2022. 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