>> madeline janis: yes.people were so incredibly energized about winning. and then, you know, january 1, 2000, people and their families got this enormous raise and paid sick days. so then we organized the state of the city for long beach. and, you know, we had overflow crowds from every neighborhood. >> bill moyers: you organized what? >> madeline janis: we called it a state of the city. people's state of the city. and we had, you know, hundreds of people. every single person running for office, every person currently in office in long beach all came. and we were able to articulate this broader agenda, with, you know, all of the things that regular people care about. but it came off of the win, the fact that you, people said, "wow, 63% of the people are with us." >> bill moyers: i read that you did a story based strategy with homeowners facing foreclosure, that you're doing it in 11 cities. what's the story there? >> rachel laforest: so there is actually this brilliant organization that moves and does train

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