{"623791":{"#nid":"623791","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"California Stem-cell Agency\u2019s Supporters Reveal Plan for $5.5-billion Ballot Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/aaron-levine\u0022\u003EAaron Levine\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ein the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently quoted in an\u0026nbsp;article entitled \u0026ldquo;California Stem-cell Agency\u0026rsquo;s Supporters Reveal Plan for $5.5-billion Ballot Initiative\u0026rdquo; for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, July 24.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026#39;s an excerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdvocates for stem-cell research in California are pushing ahead with a plan to save the struggling state-funded California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) by asking the state\u0026rsquo;s voters to approve a US$5.5-billion lifeline for the agency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmericans for Cures, a group in Palo Alto, California, that advocates for stem-cell research, plans to form a non-profit lobbying arm in October or November to support the proposal, the group\u0026rsquo;s founder and chair, Robert Klein, told\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E. Its goal is to put the plan before California voters in November 2020 during the next state-wide election.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-02267-3\u0022\u003ERead the full story here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a unit of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2019-07-29 22:15:00","changed_gmt":"2019-07-29 22:15:00","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"college of engineering; ISyE; fellowships; grad students; student awards; orise; cdc","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-02267-3","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"583582":{"id":"583582","type":"image","title":"Aaron Levine","body":null,"created":"1478540612","gmt_created":"2016-11-07 17:43:32","changed":"1567618808","gmt_changed":"2019-09-04 17:40:08","alt":"A portrait photo of Aaron Levine, associate professor in the School of Public Policy","file":{"fid":"222478","name":"LevineWeb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LevineWeb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LevineWeb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":104015,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LevineWeb.jpg?itok=uvo6tqu5"}}},"media_ids":["583582"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9555","name":"aaron levine"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}