Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is filing felony charges under Proposition 36, which will lead to a flood of low-level cases in the courts, jails, and prisons, disproportionately affecting Black, Brown, and unhoused residents, while Governor Gavin Newsom has refused to fund the enforcement of the measure.
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan detainees under the Alien Enemies Act, ruling that the federal government must provide constitutionally sufficient notice before carrying out removals.
Marcus "Wali" Henderson, the Editor-in-Chief of the San Quentin News, chose to spend his final days befriending and collaborating with media, despite being silenced on the prison's slavery-laden history, and his legacy will continue to inspire and inform the work of journalists in the future.
ICE submitted a misleading affidavit to a federal judge in order to obtain a search warrant to target Columbia University students for deportation, and the affidavit was unsealed in court as part of a lawsuit filed by the students.
The Concerned Citizens group is urging the Yolo County Board of Supervisors to place a moratorium on wells in the Yolo focus area in order to protect the water that makes local food possible.