On Sunday, four California lawmakers announced the introduction of the California Racial Justice Act for All, AB 256, a bill expanding efforts to reduce racial bias in the courtroom. Assemblymembers Ash Kalra (D-San Jose)...
As California’s 2021 legislative session kicks off this month, lawmakers are beginning to...
Proposition 20’s rollback of portions of recent criminal justice reform laws would have a...
At approximately 4:42 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, September 30, Governor Gavin...
Between Monday and Wednesday, his final day to sign or veto bills passed during the 2020...
In some counties comprised primarily of tribal lands, Indigenous women are murdered at rates more...
As the November elections near, opposition to Proposition 20, which would roll back key portions of...
On Friday, as more than 1,300 incarcerated firefighters continued to battle record-setting blazes...
Monday was the final day of the legislative session, and thus the final day for California...
Right now, California legislators are working at record speed to push a COVID-reduced...
EDITOR’S NOTE: In a five-to-one vote on Friday, August 7, the California Assembly Public...
Amid a coronavirus pandemic that shut California’s legislature down for weeks, decimated the...
A measure on California’s November ballot aimed at diluting some of the last decade’s...
After more than two weeks of protests ignited by George Floyd’s death under the knees of...
As thousands of people take to the streets in California and across the nation to protest and...
California Assemblymember Phil Ting has introduced a bill aimed at reducing the collateral...
On March 3, and during the preceding early voting days, Los Angeles voters will decide whether to...
A new California bill announced Friday seeks to tear down an overlooked barrier to safety and...
On Friday, California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced a new bill that he hopes...
A new bill announced Tuesday seeks to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction in California...
A California bill soon to land before its first legislative committee seeks to engage the...
On Thursday, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved AB 732, a bill...
It’s January, and that means new and rejuvenated criminal justice bills are just starting to...
In just two states, Maine and Vermont, people with past felonies can immediately vote upon release...
Two days before California’s private prison ban bill, AB 32, took effect on Jan. 1...
Next Wednesday, California’s new police use-of-force reform bill, a private prison ban, and a...
A new report from UC Berkeley Law’s Policy Advocacy Clinic reveals wide variations in how...
Seattle police have cut their use of moderate and lethal force 60%. But controversial police...
" LASD is the only agency in the state of California to deny the ACLU’s request" for public...
Newsom rejects late-night jail release reform and bill to keep kids out of state lockups, but bans...
