Hawthorne Plaza is an abandoned former shopping mall along Hawthorne Boulevard between 120th Street and El Segundo Boulevard in Hawthorne,California.
Mark Hamilton Schauer is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district from 2009 to 2011.
James Richard Fouts is an American politician serving as the mayor of Warren,Michigan since 2007.
Gregory Edward Fischer is an American businessman and entrepreneur who served as the second mayor of Louisville Metro from 2011 to 2023. In 2019,he was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors,and in 2020,he served as its president.
Jane Jungyon Kim is an American attorney and politician,and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019. She is a member of the San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee. She is executive director of the California Working Families Party.
Edwin Mah Lee was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death in 2017. He was the first Asian American to hold the office.
The following is a timeline of Occupy Wall Street (OWS),a protest which began on September 17,2011 on Wall Street,the financial district of New York City and included the occupation of Zuccotti Park,where protesters established a permanent encampment. The Occupy movement splintered after NYC Mayor Bloomberg had police raid the encampment in Zuccotti Park on November 15,2011. The timeline here is limited to this particular protest during this approximate time-frame.
Occupy Portland was a collaboration that began on October 6,2011 in downtown Portland,Oregon as a protest and demonstration against economic inequality worldwide. It is inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City on September 17,2011.
Elizabeth Beckman Schaaf is an American politician who served as the 50th Mayor of Oakland,California from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served on the Oakland City Council.
Kshama Sawant is an Indian-American politician and economist who has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. She is a member of Socialist Alternative,the first and only member of the party to date to be elected to public office.
Michael Bonin is an American politician,who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 11th district from 2013 to 2022. A progressive member of the Democratic Party,he was previously a reporter and a council staffer.
Lorena Sofia Gonzalez Fletcher is an American union leader and former politician. A Democrat,she served in the California State Assembly from 2013 to 2022,representing the 80th Assembly District,which encompasses southern San Diego. She was first elected to the Assembly in a 2013 special election to succeed Ben Hueso,who was elected to the State Senate in a special election.
Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician,currently serving as the Mayor of Guelph,Ontario since December 1,2014. In the October 24,2022 municipal election,he was re-elected mayor for a third term.
Maine Question 4,formally An Act to Raise the Minimum Wage,is a citizen-initiated referendum question that appeared on the Maine November 8,2016 statewide ballot. It sought to increase Maine's minimum wage from $7.50 per hour to $12 an hour by 2020,as well as increasing the minimum wage for tipped employees gradually to the same level by 2024. It would also index increases after 2024 to inflation. As the Maine Legislature and Governor Paul LePage declined to enact the proposal as written,it appeared on the ballot along with elections for President of the United States,Maine's two U.S. House seats,the Legislature,other statewide ballot questions,and various local elections. Efforts to place a competing,more moderate proposal alongside the citizen-initiated bill were unsuccessful.
Region Business is a business-oriented advocacy association in the greater Sacramento region. The organization is a coalition of trade associations under the umbrella of Region Business.
Jacob Lawrence Frey is an American politician and attorney who has served as the mayor of Minneapolis,Minnesota since 2018. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,he served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to 2018.
Stephen H. Hagerty is an American entrepreneur,businessman,and politician. He was the 21st mayor of Evanston,Illinois from May 8,2017,to May 10,2021. A month after Hagerty retired from office,Evanston was recognized as an All-American City by the National Civic League due to its local reparation's initiative and Evanston Cares Network,both of which occurred during his administration.
Initiative 77 was a voter-approved ballot initiative in Washington,D.C.,to phase out the special minimum wage for tipped employees as part of the national Fight for $15 campaign. In the June 2018 primary election,D.C. voters approved Initiative 77 by a margin of 56% to 44%;however,the D.C. Council repealed the initiative in October before it could enter into force. In 2022,a nearly identical Initiative 82 was approved for the November 8,2022 election.
Amen Brown is an American politician. He is currently a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 10th District since 2023. Brown previously represented the 190th District from 2021 to 2022 before redistricting moved him to the 10th District.
Robin Wonsley is an American activist and politician of the Democratic Socialists of America who has been a member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 2nd Ward since 2021.
