In the weeks leading up to a September 30 deadline, California Governor Gavin Newsom made final decisions on more than 1,000 bills. As in previous years, we have put together a series of updates on some of the justice-related...
The California Constitution prohibits slavery — unless it is carried out as a punishment for a...
Passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, AB 2527, the “Dignified Care of Incarcerated...
In the first two months of 2024, California lawmakers have introduced new noteworthy criminal...
In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill, AB 2778, meant to reduce racial bias in...
This fall, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed and vetoed hundreds of bills. As the new year...
In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom made the final call on what remained of hundreds of...
In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed and vetoed the last of hundreds of bills...
In October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed — and vetoed — the last of hundreds of...
During the first two weeks of October, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed and rejected the...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has until the end of October 14 to sign and veto hundreds of bills...
If approved, payments would be made by state's Victim Compensation Board.
More than one-third of women in California have experienced domestic violence. For women in prison...
Starting in March, a handful of important California policing bills hot from the printer landed in...
In 1994, then-California Governor Pete Wilson signed a bill giving the state prison system more...
A list of 10 justice laws that will activate on January 1.
Editor’s Note: California banned slavery in 1850, two years before the Thirteenth...
Editor’s Note: On January 1, 2022, Ab 89, the Peace Officers Education and Age Conditions for...
Victims and advocates are urging California legislators to pass a bill meant to ensure that the...
by Jenni Bergal of Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. For nearly a...
Under a newly signed bill, police in California will no longer be able to enforce a section of the...
On Friday, April 29, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his support for seven bills...
Pathways to permanent housing California lawmakers are currently considering a handful of bills...
In California, people leaving prison each receive $200 as a release allowance, known as “gate...
San Jose, California, has become the first city in the country to require gun owners to have...
The state is poised to join most of the country when it comes to disciplining the worst of the...
California is one of only four states without the power to permanently remove law enforcement...
On May 26, the California Senate passed SB 2, a bill intended to keep officers found to have...
Black Californians are up to 4.5 times more likely to be stopped for jaywalking than their white...
Next week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion from Supervisors...
