Last week, WitnessLA wrote about SB 233, a new bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)...
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Opening up New Avenues for Formerly Incarcerated Californians Who Served in Fire Camps to Get Jobs as Firefighters After Prison
A new California bill aims to make it possible for formerly incarcerated individuals, thousands of...
CA Attorney General Sued Over Denying Public Records Request Under New Police Transparency Law
On Thursday, February 14, the First Amendment Coalition filed a lawsuit challenging California...
New Bill Would Grant Sex Workers Who Report Violent Crimes Immunity From Arrest and Criminalization
A new bill from Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) aims to ensure that sex workers who are...
Contra Costa Judge Deals a Blow to Law Enforcement Unions Hoping to Narrow Scope of Police Transparency Law
On Friday, a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge became the first jurist to rule on the...
Voting on Parole – Constitutional Amendment Would Cut Disenfranchisement in California
A newly proposed California constitutional amendment, called the “Free the Vote Act,”...