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“If he is successful as mayor and tries to obtain greater resources for mental health, it could work and it could be a good thing,” Webb said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Aside from more jobs in areas such as construction, gardening, human resources and science, "benefits" would include "improved bus links, cycling routes, flood resilience, and biodiverse landscaping".
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, called it a "monstrous theft of taxpayer resources."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
And, look, that takes a lot of resources.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
The British colonizers were driven by the belief that they were entitled by divine decree and by royal declaration to live on and use the land and resources of North America.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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