The year in quotes: Memorable utterances made news in 2023
Dec. 29—"We hope with this judgment that things will change in Kern County."
— Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, referring to a declaration by state officials that Kern's Board of Supervisors denied local groups their constitutional right of free speech during the pandemic
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