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LWVGTA Priorities

Current Priority Issue
Global Climate Change

Resource Management: Promote resource conservation, stewardship and long-range planning with the responsibility for managing natural resources shared by all levels of government.

Environmental Protection and Pollution Control: Preserve the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the ecosystem, with the maximum protection of the public health and environment.

Air Quality: Promote measures to reduce pollution from mobile and stationary sources.

Energy: Support environmentally sound policies that reduce energy growth rates, emphasize energy conservation and encourage the use of renewable resources.

Land Use: Promote policies that manage land as a finite resource and that incorporate principles of stewardship.

Water Resources: Support measures to reduce pollution in order to protect surface water, groundwater and drinking water.

Waste Management - Solid Waste: Promote policies to reduce the generation and promote the reuse and recycling of solid and hazardous wastes.

Nuclear Issues: Promote the maximum protection of public health and safety and the environment.
Public Participation
Promote public understanding and participation in decision-making as essential elements of responsible and responsive management of our natural resources.

Agricultural Policy
Promote adequate supplies of food and fiber at reasonable prices to consumers and support economically viable farms, environmentally sound farm practices and increased reliance on the free market.

Social Policy
Secure equal rights and equal opportunity for all. Promote social and economic justice and the health and safety of all Americans.

Current Priority Issues:
Health Care Reform
Education, Employment, Housing
Support equal access to education, employment and housing.
Equal Rights
Support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and efforts to bring laws into compliance with the goals of the ERA.
Fiscal Policy
Tax Policy. Support adequate and flexible funding of federal government pro¬grams through an equitable tax system that is progressive overall and that relies primarily on a broad-based income tax
Federal Deficit. Promote responsible deficit policies.
Funding of Entitlements. Support a federal role in providing mandatory, universal, old-age, survivors, disability and health insurance.
Health Care
Promote a health care system for the United States that provides access to a basic level of quality care for all U.S. residents and controls health care costs.
Immigration
Promote reunification of immediate families; meet the economic, business and employment needs of the United States; be responsive to those facing political persecution or humanitarian crises; and provide for student visas. Ensure fair treatment under the law for all persons. In transition to a reformed system, support provisions for unauthorized immigrants already in the country to earn legal status.
Meeting Basic Human Needs
Support programs and policies to prevent or reduce poverty and to promote self- sufficiency for individuals and families.
Child Care
Support programs and policies to expand the supply of affordable, quality child care for all who need it.
Early Intervention for Children at Risk
Support policies and programs that promote the well-being, development and safety of all children.

Death Penalty
Support abolition of the death penalty.

Gun Control
Protect the health and safety of citizens through limiting the accessibility and regulating the ownership of handguns and semi-automatic weapons. Support regulation of firearms for consumer safety.

Violence Prevention
Support violence prevention programs in communities.

Urban Policy
Promote the economic health of cities and improve the quality of urban life.

Whatever the issue, the League believes that government policy, programs and performance must meet these criteria:
competent personnel with clear responsibilities
coordination among agencies and levels of government
adequate financing
effective enforcement
well-defined channels for citizen input and review