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Subj: [gpca-ccwg] Press Release: Green Party endorses Jena Goodman for  Lt. 
Governor in June 2014 primary

(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/?e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=1) 

NEWS ADVISORY 
GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 19, 2014

Contact: Jena Goodman, Green candidate for Lt. Governor • 
_goodman.jena at gmail.com_ (mailto:goodman.jena at gmail.com)  • (707)  328-8654
 (mailto:lrodrig555 at aol.com) 
Michael Feinstein, Green Party Spokesperson • _mfeinstein at feinstein.org_ 
(mailto:mfeinstein at feinstein.org)  •  (310) 392-8450 

_http://www.cagreens.org/press-release/140319
_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/press-release/140319&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=2&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967ada
d63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email) Green Party endorses Jena Goodman 
for Lt. Governor in June 2014  primary

Adding a student voice to its 2014 statewide slate, the Green  Party of 
California announced today that it has endorsed 28 year-old UC Davis  student 
_Jena  Goodman_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https://www.facebook.com/Jenagoodmanltgovernor&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=3&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780
e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email)  for Lieutenant 
Governor.  
In a state where chronic underfunding of higher education and the  
inequities it produces has become a rallying cry for students statewide,  Goodman 
plans on focusing her campaign on college and university  campuses.  
"It's time for a greater student voice in our state's  politics," says 
Goodman. “My vision is to bring more students and  young adults into the 
political process, so we will actually be heard. My  campaign will be reminiscent 
of a time when candidates took their message  directly to the people, through 
soapbox speeches and townhall meetings. I  will seek to mobilize students 
by engaging and speaking to their issues." 
A Vallejo resident, Goodman served as president of the Associated Students  
of Napa Valley College from 2012-2013, representing approximatley 8,000  
students. Today she attends UC Davis, studying biodiversity and ecology.  At 
28 years old, she will the youngest candidate and the only woman on  the 
ballot for Lieutenant Governor.   
_Goodman’s  vision for a Green California_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNjz9Z95rXg&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=4
&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=e
mail)  includes free higher education, living wage  green jobs, and 
protecting California from climate change.

“I believe higher education is the key to solving a multitude of crises  
facing California,” Goodman explained.  “I will use my position as Lt.  
Governor (on the University of California Board of Regents, California State  
University Board of Trustees, and Chair of the Commission for Economic  
Development) to promote a green vision for investing in free higher education  to 
prepare workers for the green economy, coupled with a Green New Deal  program 
to create tens of thousands of living wage green jobs. By  investing in 
education, we can expand opportunity, pull people out of poverty  and shift  
California from fossil fuel dependency to a new green  economy.”

In 2013, Goodman joined students statewide (and the _Green  Party_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/announce/gpca-opposes-
ab955&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=5&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&
utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email) ) in opposing _AB  955_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB955/2013&utm_campaign
=pr1403219&n=6&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreen
s&utm_medium=email) , a two-tier contract education bill approved by the 
legislature and  signed into law by the governor. 

Goodman's  alternative? "Instead of increasing the financial burden of  
attending community college on the individual student, while enacting a de  
facto privatized, fee-for-service education mode, we need to close  the 
corporate tax loopholes in Proposition 13, tax oil extraction, and  levying other 
progressive taxes to fully fund public colleges, health and  human services, 
parks, and environmental restoration."If elected, Goodman will  also serve 
on the State Lands Commission, where her background in biodiversity  and 
ecology will assist her work to protect, preserve, and restore  California’s 
public lands. 

A former chair of the _Solano  County Green Party_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://greenpartysolanocounty.wordpress.com/&utm_campaign=pr14
03219&n=7&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm
_medium=email) , Goodman also wants to use her campaign to build a  
political alternative to the Democratic/Republican stranglehold on government  in 
California. “The Green Party is the electoral voice for everyday  people 
fighting for social justice, equal rights, and environmental justice,”  Goodman 
explained. “My campaign is about providing students, the working  class, and 
the exploited with a political voice.”

Goodman joins _four  other Greens endorsed_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/news/gpca-endorses-2014-statewide-candidates&
utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=8&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_so
urce=cagreens&utm_medium=email)  in the June 2014 primary by the Green 
Party of  California: _Luis  Rodriguez_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.rodriguezforgovernor.org/&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=9&e=d777bb55257a
7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email) , 
Governor; _Laura  Wells_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.LauraWells.org/&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=10&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad
63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email) , Controller; _Ellen  Brown_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.ellenbrown.com/treasurer&utm_cam
paign=pr1403219&n=11&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=c
agreens&utm_medium=email) , Treasurer; and _David  Curtis_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.votedavidcurtis.org/&utm_campaign=pr1403219
&n=12&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_med
ium=email) , Secretary of State.

About the Green Party of California

The Green Party of California (GPCA) is guided by its _Platform_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/platform&utm_campaign=pr
1403219&n=13&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&
utm_medium=email)  and  the _Ten  Key Values_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/ten-key-values&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=14&
e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=em
ail)  of the Green Movement: Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots  Democracy, 
Social Justice, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community Based  Economics, 
Feminism, Respect for Diversity, Personal and Global  Responsibility, and 
Sustainability. 

The Green Party has _endorsed_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/news/gpca-endorses-2014-statewide-candidates&utm_campaign=
pr1403219&n=15&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreen
s&utm_medium=email)  five  candidates for statewide office in 2014: _Luis  
Rodriguez_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://rodriguezforgovernor.org/&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=16&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63
&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email)  (Governor), _Jena  Goodman_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https://www.facebook.com/Jenagoodmanltgoverno
r&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=17&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm
_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email)  (Lt. Governor), _Laura  Wells_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.laurawells.org/&utm_campaign=pr1403
219&n=18&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_
medium=email)  (Controller), _Ellen  Brown_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://ellenbrown.com/&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=19&e=d777bb55257a7d6a
b52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email)  (Treasurer) 
and _David  Curtis_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.votedavidcurtis.org/&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=20&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7
967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email)  (Secretary of State).

The GPCA distinguishes itself from and provides an alternative to  
traditionally entrenched parties, including by accepting no corporate  
contributions. In 2013 an _all-time  high_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/press-release/131205&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=21&e=d777bb552
57a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=email)  
number of California Greens were elected to local office for an  odd-numbered 
year, along with _these  other highlights_ (http://cagreens.nationbuild
er.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/news/2013-green-year-in-review&utm_campaign=pr140
3219&n=22&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm
_medium=email) .   
The GPCA is affiliated with the _Green  Party of the United States_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.gp.org/&utm_campaign=pr1403219&n=2
3&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medium=
email)  (GPUS), and through the GPUS to  the _Federacion  de Partidos 
Verdes de las Americas_ 
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n=25&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source=cagreens&utm_medi
um=email) . 
Currently, _55  California Greens hold public office statewide_ 
(http://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http://www.cagreens.org/green-officeholders&utm_c
ampaign=pr1403219&n=26&e=d777bb55257a7d6ab52f780e960dca7967adad63&utm_source
=cagreens&utm_medium=email) .  Since the  GPCA's founding in 1990, 293 
California Greens have been elected to  public office.   
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