LOS ANGELES SENTINEL, MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY: NO ON PROP 45

LOS ANGELES – Opponents to Proposition 45 continued to collect newspaper endorsements to reject the ballot measure from throughout the state this week. Proposition 45 is the California Chamber of Commerce’s 41-page ballot initiative that would roll back state environmental protections and weaken the state’s defense against President Trump’s attack on state clean air, water, and public health laws.

The Los Angeles Sentinel, California’s oldest and largest Black newspaper and media outlet, today urged its readers to vote No on Proposition 45.

According to its website, “The Los Angeles Sentinel is an African American-owned and operated newspaper and media company that places an emphasis on issues concerning the African American community and its readers. Since its controversial article in 1934, “Don’t Spend Where You Can’t Work,” the acclaimed and historic newspaper significantly influences the perceptions, attitudes, consciousness, and buying influence of its readership. For the last 90 years, the Sentinel has empowered a multitude through its unwavering mission of providing the Black community with “a voice speaking for itself.”

Also opposing the measure is the Monterey County Weekly, which its website says is the largest circulated newspaper in Monterey County. In its opposition, the newspaper notes Prop 45 “hands developers a new right to sue cities that impose environmental safeguards. And the Legislative Analyst’s Office pegs implementation costs at up to $100 million a year. Worse, it’s an overshoot written into initiative statute, meaning lawmakers can’t fix it later (voters would have to pass another referendum).”

Proposition 45 is opposed by the California Democratic Party, California Professional Firefighters, League of Women Voters of California, American Lung Association and 450+ other environmental, health and public safety groups.

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