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Anti-immigrant attacks in Inland Empire

The San Bernardino City Council will be forced to vote on a draconian proposal to ban hiring centers for undocumented workers and prevent them from renting apartments in the city, which is 71% people of color.

The overtly racist group "Save Our State" is responsible for circulating a petition and invoking a rarely used provision of San Bernardino's City Charter that requires the council to take action on the proposal within 10 days. If it's rejected, the measure will go automatically on a citywide ballot for a vote.

San Bernardino is one of the areas targeted by PowerPAC in our Vote to Power program, because of the large numbers of eligible but not voting people of color. This dangerous proposal, which if passed would likely embolden this group to take it to other vulnerable cities, is exactly why building local electoral power for social justice in these areas is a critically important strategy in California right now. Rick Avila, a Latino candidate for Mayor of San Bernardino last year, summed it up perfectly:

"The minorities are the majorities in San Bernardino, but they don't vote like it," said Rick Avila, a contractor and the lone Latino candidate in a recent mayoral race in which he finished fourth of five.

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