California continues to experience a chronic housing shortage, the root cause of an ever-increasing unhoused population. A glimmer of hope in tackling the issue is presented by the current deliberation over bill SB79, which would require California cities to allow the construction of dense, multi-family housing within short walking distances of major public transit infrastructure. Decades of long-term policy failure has led to an absence of infrastructural evolution needed in order to properly sustain California’s continued population growth. “The only real way to reduce housing inequity in California is to move away from our illusory notion of ‘local control’ over land use,” Nicholas Steinman CMC’28 writes. Steinman argues that constituent advocacy for the passage of SB79 is essential in order to finally address the housing crisis in California.
Tag: Vote
OPINION: Your vote for ASPC president didn’t matter. Here’s why
When Luke Brown PO ’26 tried to run for the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) election as a write-in candidate for president, they got the go-ahead. But less than two hours after this confirmation, they were disqualified.
Voting clubs across the 5Cs promote civic engagement
Voting clubs across the 5Cs are fostering civic engagement beyond the 2024 election. Through voter registration assistance, nonpartisan information on propositions, and community events, Claremont Colleges League of Women Voters (LWV), Every Vote Counts Claremont (EVC) and the Claremont Initiative for Voter Engagement Strategies (CIVES) empower students with the knowledge and resources to actively participate in democracy.
5C panelists call to young voters
At an election panel hosted by Pitzer Political Studies Professor Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Emily Rose Pollins SC ’26, co-president of the Scripps Reproductive Justice Club (SRJC), Isabel Apfel PZ ’26 of Every Vote Counts Claremont (EVCC), Annika Weber PO ’27, a regional campus organizer for Swing Left’s Los Angeles chapter and Karen May PO ’89 of the Service Employees International Union Local 1000 (SEIU) shared their work to energize the college community around critical election issues, from reproductive rights to congressional races.
Voting Carnival sparks civic engagement ahead of 2024 election
The Voting Carnival, held on Oct. 9 on Parents Field, featured games, food and voter registration assistance to engage students ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Organized by Every Vote Counts Claremont, Kravis Lab and CIVES, the event aimed to educate students about voter registration and the absentee ballot process.
OPINION: Disillusionment Isn’t Resistance—Gen Z Needs to Vote Blue to Make Change
In an era of growing distrust in the two-party system and voter nihilism, Tess McHugh PO ’25 highlights the importance of using your voice and voting towards the country you want to see.
Pomona faculty vote to divest from corporations ‘complicit in war crimes committed by the Israeli government’
On Thursday, May 2, Pomona College faculty voted to “divest from corporations complicit with war crimes and other human rights violations committed by the Israeli government in Israel/Palestine.”
Pitzer College announces University of Haifa as one of eleven study abroad programs removed as a pre-approved option
On April 1, 2024, Pitzer College’s Faculty Executive Committee voted to remove the University of Haifa program, along with 11 other programs.
5C students march to Claremont City Council meeting; council unanimously votes to support neutrality resolution, bars vote on ceasefire
On Tuesday, Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine led a march to Claremont City Hall to attend a vote on a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.
OPINION: What Pomona’s referendum will do wrong
Emilio N. Bankier PO ’27, Leo Kalb Bourke PO ’25 and Noah Rinsler PO ’26 argue that Pomona College’s upcoming referendum vote on whether Pomona should divest from “the apartheid system in the state of Israel” has been unfairly presented to students through biased language and a loosening of ASPC senate rules.