Next week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion from Supervisors Hilda Solis and Holly Mitchell to declare support for a bill that would automatically “sunset” and seal conviction and...
At least 1,300 unsentenced criminal defendants have been locked in California's county jails for...
On Friday, April 9, California Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), Los Angeles County...
“Current law provides an opportunity for one officer to make a false statement in a police report...
An ambitious new bill, SB 731, would automatically and retroactively seal conviction and arrest...
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed two motions to improve mental health...
On Wednesday, a trio of California lawmakers introduced bills that would set bail at $0 for all...
On Sunday, four California lawmakers announced the introduction of the California Racial Justice...
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...
