RAC-CA

The current RAC-CA Campaign is working to ensure polluters pay their fair share for the climate damage they have caused in California. 

Learn about our work across the country to organize, mobilize, and advocate so that all people can thrive in multiracial, inclusive democracies in North America and Israel.

• Reproductive Freedom ballot measures in Nevada and Arizona (2024)  
  
  Through door-knocking canvasses, postcarding, and phone banks our campaign reached voters who passed important protections for residents of Nevada and Arizona.
   
• Oil Drilling: AB 1866 and AB 2716 (2024) and SB 1137 (2022 / 2024)
  
  These bills prevent new oil wells within 3200 feet of homes schools and similar sites and shut down idle and low-producing oil wells, protecting Californians from greenhouse gases emitted by these wells that expose nearby residents to significant adverse health effects.
   
• Garment Workers Protection Act SB 62 (2021)
  
  This measure requires retailers to pay minimum wage and provide safe working conditions for garment workers, the majority of whom who are immigrant women.
   
• Healthcare for Immigrants AB 133 (2021)
  
  Today, people of all ages who meet the income requirements are eligible for Medi-Cal, regardless of their citizenship status.
   
• Gun Violence Prevention Funding (2019)
  
  Tripled funding for the CalVIP program which funds local gun violence prevention programs that have been proven to work.
   
• The Racial and Identity Profiling Act AB-953 (2015) 
  
  This measure requires California police to report stops, arrests, and any complaints about racial or identity profiling. It also created a Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory board to analyze data and make recommendations to combat racial and identity profiling.

Liturgical Readings

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

Sermons

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