Institute of Governmental Studies

So what did the latest poll say about Prop 39? Do we know whether it's likely to pass?

The latest poll from mid-September from the Berkeley IGS, the Institute of Governmental Studies, has it trailing by a 13 percentage point margin.

So 52 percent no, 39 percent yes.

All right.

However, as Mr. Walters points out, with voting by mail beginning in just a few days, actually beginning now, the, uh, the Democratic Party has nomin- has dominated California politics for the last three decades, and they can comfortably expect to maintain or even increase its hegemony.

All of the statewide offices, including the governorship, will remain in Democratic hands, per the, uh, the poll by PPIC and UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies, have found that, uh, Mr. Becerra, uh, has a double-digit lead over Republican challenger Steve Hilton for the governorship.

And, um, I, I think that that probably is inflated, but we'll see where it, uh, where it lands in just a few short weeks.

Uh, Democrats will retain, in their estimation, uh, supermajorities in both houses of the legislature and perhaps gain a few congressional seats.

And both of them had kind words for the state, Hilton praising the rebel spirit of California, Becerra saying that California has allowed countless people to achieve the American dream.

Now, a poll conducted by UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies found that Becerra has a sizable lead over Hilton.

And again, a Republican has not won statewide election in California since 2006, since Schwarzenegger was termed out.

Hilton continues to go out and engage with people.

And that makes me give the poll the side eye.

I am holding on to my faith in UC Berkeley and their Institute of Governmental Studies to think that they would be objective in their polling, even though, well, anyway.

Let's, Attorney Kerry Harper, a civil rights attorney, a friend, and an activist is on the phone.

Good morning, Attorney Harper.

In her book Banished Citizens, Ramírez also documents the resilience of women who fought for decades to prove their U.S. citizenship.

That's a source of hope for Cristina Mora, co-director of the Institute for Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, who invited Ramírez to speak.

Despite all these challenges, we're still here.

Generations of us are still here, still building, still creating, still making, and still demanding that this place live up to its values.