On Sunday, four California lawmakers announced the introduction of the California Racial Justice...
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Stricter Requirements for Becoming a Police Officer & Other New CA Justice Bills
As California’s 2021 legislative session kicks off this month, lawmakers are beginning to...
Prop 20’s Justice Reform Changes Would Send Disproportionate Numbers of Californians of Color into Lockup, Says Report
Proposition 20’s rollback of portions of recent criminal justice reform laws would have a...
Governor Signs Bill to Close State’s Troubled & Systemically Racist Youth Prisons With an Ambitious Plan to Reimagine CA’s Youth Justice System
At approximately 4:42 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, September 30, Governor Gavin...
Governor Newsom Signs and Vetoes Closely Watched Criminal Justice Bills
Between Monday and Wednesday, his final day to sign or veto bills passed during the 2020...
U.S. Congress Passes Two Bills to Address the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
In some counties comprised primarily of tribal lands, Indigenous women are murdered at rates more...