Editor’s Note: California banned slavery in 1850, two years before the Thirteenth Amendment outlawed the practice of owning other human beings. Yet as with the U.S. as a whole, the golden state allowed—and still...
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...
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...
