Millionaires must pay their fair share!

California needs a more progressive Millionaires’ tax. We need one that raises the rate of the tax as the income increases. Currently, millionaires making $1 million in a year pay a total 13.3% in California income taxes. I propose a progressive and incremental millionaires’ tax that increases 1% from the current tax rate (13.3%) for each million dollars of taxable income. Someone making $5…

Statewide, PG&E’s corporate greed endangers California

McLaughlin Calls for PG&E to have its public franchise terminated and replaced by a publicly owned and operated utility.​ RICHMOND, CA - Gayle McLaughlin, 12-year elected official in Richmond and candidate for Lt. Governor of California, today announced that for several decades, through greed and mismanagement, PG&E has done extensive damage to California and its residents.​ Thus, the…

It’s Go Time! Let’s Get Volunteering!

Calling all Gayle for CA volunteers! Thanks to everyone who has gotten started helping to spread the good word about Gayle, and to all of you who want to get more involved! We see ALL of you as strong Local Leaders and we are be dedicated to empowering you with powerful tools and responsive campaign support as we work together to organize California! We are getting set for a lot of fun -…

For $1 an hour, inmates fight California fires. ‘Slave labor’ or self-improvement?

By Luis Gomez On the front lines of some of the deadliest fires raging in California, professional firefighters are working alongside prison inmates with one key difference: pay. Cal Fire firefighters make at least $10.50 an hour, according to the agency, and inmates make only $2 a day plus $1 an hour. All the attention on the wildfires over the past two weeks has begun to draw attention…

Stop Chevron!

On Tuesday evening, police told residents of El Segundo, California, to shelter in place. They were the latest victims of a toxic Chevron refinery bursting into flames (KTLA photo). In 2012, here in my home city of Richmond, 15,000 residents sought medical care because of  a Chevron refinery blaze. Like El Segundo, we are victims of a century-old refinery that pollutes even on the best days.…

Leader Toolkit

Leader ToolkitThank you for joining Gayle’s team and starting a “Gayle for California Club” in your community! The only way Corporate-Free Progressive campaigns can win, is when we have a movement of the people behind them! Contained in this toolkit are outlines, instructions and trainings to help make all of all you powerful organizers. Your role as a Leader: Founder and lead grassroots…

Female Inmates In California Are Fighting Life-Threatening Wildfires For $1 Per Hour

As the wildfires in California continue to tear across the northern part of the state, all available hands have been on deck to fight the blazes. Over 8,000 firefighters were mobilized by Thursday, according to Cal Fire, but they weren't the only group at the ready. Approximately 200 female inmates fight fires in California as part of an ongoing fire camp program, and they do so for only $1 an…

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!

The struggle for human rights and dignity never pauses. Today we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day because everything we do builds on the work of our family who came before. We fight for human rights and dignity because that is justice! In Richmond, where I have been mayor and a city councilor, the Chevron-Texaco refinery is a major element of our lives. We have sued Chevron over the many…

Media Kit

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