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Many of these jobs are quality, middle-class jobs, ... The film industry is pivotal to the city's economy. ... In fact, the average scripted features -- television and commercial productions -- have a direct production-related economic impact of $150,000 to $250,000 each day they're in production.

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A champion for civil rights and social justice like him does not come around every day, ... He wanted nothing less than what all Americans strive for — a good job, safe neighborhoods, quality schools and a place to call home.

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 Civil Rights

Our community knows the difference between rhetoric and results. They know the difference between pandering and producing.

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We come to work, we come for a better life, we come to participate in the American dream.

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I'm unabashedly a progressive, but I'm not a knee-jerk, either,

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I think we need to do a much better job of creating new citizens, ... Oftentimes new immigrants aren't familiar with our democracy, and it's important to nurture that democratic participation that's so critical to elections.

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Hosting the Games would be not only great for Los Angeles and the nation, but also a world community that is searching for common ground,

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We're a community built for the Olympic Games. We have world-class sporting venues and we have a history of success,

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Des Moines, Iowa ...

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For Los Angeles, it's an opportunity for us to showcase that you can come from every corner of the earth and live together in harmony and peace and make it in America,

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