Many years ago, tuition for universities of California was extremely low, costing only $4,500 a year. Now tuition has risen all the way through the roof. By the year of 2019, UC students will have to pay $15-$20,000 a year. If we do not help the rise of tuition now, future students AND parents will be suffering from the high costs. California's education should be open to everyone, not just those who can afford it. SIGN FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, NOT UNIVERSITY OF THE WEALTHY OF CALIFORNIA.

I have a family member facing life threatening cancer. Because she is a Federal employee, she was able to see the best surgeons and oncologists at the best cancer centers around the country. At some of the facilities where she received care, entire departments (radiology) were out-of-network. All of her care has been out-of-state, and it has been covered, with both in- and out-of-network caps on out-of-pocket expenses. Since I purchase my coverage on the NYS Insurance Exchange, I would not have access to the life-saving treatment she was able to obtain were I to God forbid need it. Plans currently sold on the NYS Insurance Exchange do not provide financial protection against unaffordable medical expenses. They cover in-network coverage for a limited region only. Often in-network hospitals have individual practitioners, services, or entire departments that are out-of-network with a plan. None of these bills, including doctors and hospitals out out-of-state, would be covered by existing plans offered on the NYS Exchange. Furthermore, when faced with a life-threatening condition (cancer, transplants, etc.), we who purchase insurance on the NYS Exchange should be able to have access to nationally recognized Centers for Excellence on an in-network basis. We shouldn't have to choose between saving our lives and bankruptcy. Those purchasing insurance on the NYS Insurance Exchange should have access to the same coverage as Federal Employees with nationwide plans in this regard.

The vile, heinous and viscous acts of police brutality has steered out of ascendancy. How many more lives of black men will have to be slaughtered in order for you to take control? I thought it was the police officer duty to serve and protect? We the people are tired of these police taking the law into their own hands and not being held accountable for their actions! A black man in the U.S. is killed every 28 hours by the police. We don't need anymore Michael Browns, Trayvon Martins, Kimani Grays, and Kendrec McDades being viewed as a threat or a mistaken identity and killed in cold blood! This needs to stop now and Officer Darren Wilson needs to be prosecuted!

In light of the most recent injustice dealt at the hands of the Ferguson Police Department and the ongoing legacy of abuse by police departments all over the country, it's time that the Federal Government be compelled to act on our behalf by making it mandatory that every police department be accredited by an exacting group of standards that include, but not limited to mandatory body cameras for each and every officer, mandatory diversity training in order to learn how to interact with people of color, mandatory mental evaluations in order to weed out potential threats to citizen safety, annual testing to insure that federal standards are being met, automatic dismissal for officers that break the law with no intervention from police unions accountability to civilian review boards with authority to influence policy on behalf of the community. Finally, if a department fails to meet these standards in total, that department goes on a probationary period with federal oversight at the local level. Should that department fail after the probationary period, it will be disbanded.

I am signing this petition because it directly affects many patients who receive services at both my OMH clinic and private practice. Without these benefits, I know for certain that some of these patients would drop out of treatment.

Rutgers faculty and staff are committed to high quality education for each and every student, groundbreaking research and lifesaving health care. These services rely on the professionals who work with the students, patients and community every day. Rutgers’ faculty and staff are currently bargaining for new contracts with the President and Board of Governors. The administration should bargain in good faith instead of cancelling sessions, proposing to reduce and eliminate earned benefits and putting forward insulting economic offers. Experts’ research has identified $600 million in unrestricted reserve , and an inordinate number of Rutgers managers with salaries over $250,000 per year Student tuition and fees subsidize athletics at a higher rate than any other American university, while student debts mount and faculty and staff are left behind financially. Rutgers management needs to stop diverting hundreds millions from academics to athletics. . Rutgers has adequate resources to reduce student costs and respect the value of the faculty and staff by negotiating fair contracts.

Body cameras work. They should be required equipment for all police on duty.

This petition is to request a reschedule of the Scoping meeting from Thursday, December 11, 2014 6-8pm to a later date, preferably after the holidays, when more members of the community can attend. We also request a change of venue that would accommodate a larger number of people from the community. This proposed 242 housing development will have a significant impact on our entire community and we need more time to inform our community of Sunland-Tujunga that did not receive a notice of this Scoping meeting.

It is not really even a point of argument that the language in the second amendment is vague. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Militias were necessary for a quick assemblage of troops to fight off the tyrannical rule that was Britain. Although the language is vague, if looked at in the context of the time period, it was interpreted with reason. We continue to interpret the bill of rights with reason to this day. This is why it isn’t legal for citizens to own a grenade launcher. Owning a grenade launcher is not reasonable and that is something that most citizens could agree on and most would have to concede that the amendment has an implication of the people’s right to bear arms (within reason). This has to be true, if reason, health, and the well-being of the populace were taken out of the subtext and this amendment is to be read as strictly literal, then citizens should all be able to own rocket launchers, tanks, and if they can afford it, why not nuclear weapons? Being that it is commonly understood that this amendment is meant to be practiced within reason. It is necessary to look at it within the context of what is reasonable this day and age. The second amendment is specific in its language about the right to bear arms, but it is not specific in the right of what type of ammunition is to be used in those firearms. If one argues that it is also implied in the language of the second amendment that it is the right of citizens to bear arms for the means of self defense (a reasonable argument) then it could also be argued that live ammunition is not necessary in order for our firearms to be used in self-defense. Self-defense can be achieved through rubber bullets and bean bags loaded into guns instead of live ammunition. It has been proven that rubber bullets and bean bags, (which can still be considered lethal) can be used effectively, successfully, and with far less cases of death, than live ammunition. If the sale of live ammunition for handguns, semiautomatic weapons, and assault rifles were banned, citizens could still defend themselves with less lethal means. A ban on live ammunition would diminish instances of accidental gun deaths (which account for more deaths than justifiable gun homicides). What is not reasonable is allowing handguns, or semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles as acceptable to be used with a justification of self defense when they are more often not used for self-defense. There were 6,115 handgun homicides in 2010 and 11,078 total homicides from all types of guns including handguns. While there were only 617 instances of justifiable homocides . (These numbers have not changed significantly since then.) This means that for out every 18 gun homicides, only 1 was justifiable. This shows that these weapons are not mainly used for self-defense. If we compare the murder rates in the United States to that of England (a country with a ban on guns), our murder rate is counted between 4 to 10 times higher, percentagewise, in the United States. Even if we take the lower percentage in the homicide rate in England, that means that the United States could potentially lower our murder rate by as much as 75% at the low end. 75% of about 11,000 people is more than 7,500 lives that could be saved each year if guns were banned completely. This petition does not even call for a complete ban of arms, which would be unconstitutional. It calls for a ban on live ammunition for arms designed mainly for killing people. Self defense can be obtained through arms that are not solely meant for killing people. A hunting rifle or shotgun or even a taser can be used for self defense and can also be loaded with rubber bullets and bean bags and be just as effective as scaring off, injuring, or even lethally wounding an intruder. This petition is for a ban on live ammunition for handguns, semiautomatic weapons, assault rifles, or any weapon designed mainly to kill people (hunting rifles and shotguns excluded). This ban extends to citizens and police officers except for special law enforcement units (SWAT teams) like the AFO (Authorized Firearms Officers) in England. This is also a call for a ban on assault rifles (other than those that are already registered lawfully). No new assault rifles. The same weapons bought and kept for the justification of militias and self-defense are much more often used to the detriment of society. Works cited: http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment2.html Gun stats http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-24/u-k-gun-curbs-mean-more-violence-yet-fewer-deaths-than-in-u-s-.html http://smartgunlaws.org/category/gun-studies-statistics/gun-violence-statistics/ http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2012/12/health-risk-having-gun-home

This petition has been started in support of the Brown family who is requesting that we push this agenda to help with the injustice happening.

Over the past four months there have been calls for Google to remove three different apps from the App Store due to violations of Google's Terms of Service. The first and second, BombGaza and Gaza Assault were removed back in August. Then recently Google came under fire again when we launched a petition and social media campaign calling for the removal of a game entitled 'Ass Hunters' where players actually "Shoot The Gays." Unfortunately, Google does not review each app before allowing it to go live on the App Store. These kinds of games will continue to surface in the App Store until Google changes it's policy and begins moderating Apps before they go live. Please join me in asking that Google begin reviewing Apps before they go on the App Store.

Preserve traditional American values- Black Friday may be a tradition, but breaking up families during the holidays should never stand. The people of U.S. deserve leisure time, and time to spend with family and friends on Thanksgiving. Retail companies should not force employees to come to work the day of Thanksgiving to tend to mass chaos when people are suppose to be spending time being grateful for what they have.