California Assemblymember Alex Lee has introduced a bill to eliminate state tax breaks for companies that contract with federal immigration enforcement agencies, which has passed its first policy committee and is now headed to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Brian Tracey, a person in custody at the St. Johns County Detention Center, died after allegedly being denied critical medical care, highlighting systemic failures in treating people behind bars and raising concerns about privatized jail healthcare.
Worth Rises has released a report showing that eliminating communication fees in prisons and jails has resulted in stronger family connections, reduced financial strain, and improved reentry outcomes for incarcerated people and their loved ones.
The California Supreme Court ruled that courts may not deny bail outside narrow constitutional categories and generally may not set bail at levels a person cannot afford, reaffirming that pretrial liberty is the norm.
Davis Joint Unified School District is facing a long-term enrollment decline due to housing, demographics and fiscal constraints, which could lead to school closures, reduced programming and a need for the city to build more family-oriented housing.
The loss of specialized skills and knowledge due to economic pressures is leading to a loss of physical vocabulary and an inability to maintain the world around us, highlighting the need to value and preserve these skills.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate Louisiana’s congressional map has been met with widespread opposition, with civil rights organizations and state officials warning that the ruling weakens one of the nation’s most important voting rights protections and could lead to increased discrimination in redistricting.
Longtime residents of the Fillmore District in San Francisco are facing eviction threats due to technical failures, rent disputes, and administrative breakdowns, disproportionately impacting Black communities and raising concerns of a pattern of displacement.
The San Mateo County Community College District has broken ground on its first-ever student dormitory, set to open in fall 2028, in response to the high cost of living in the area and the housing insecurity faced by many students.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s denial of forensic testing in the case of death row prisoner Tony Carruthers, who is scheduled to be executed on May 21, raising concerns about the risk of wrongful execution.
The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted to advance two bipartisan bills that would eliminate the death penalty in the state and replace existing death sentences with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
The family of Tucker Collins, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Southern California, has requested a criminal investigation into a March 28, 2026, shooting that left Collins permanently blind in one eye, allegedly caused by a Department of Homeland Security officer firing a projectile at him while he was documenting a protest.
The accused argued before Judge Lauren Weis Birnstein that delaying his case would violate his constitutional right to a speedy trial, but the judge set a date of June 2, 2026 for jury trial readiness, citing the need for the investigator to review the footage.
In a jury trial involving two counts of arson, the prosecution and defense presented conflicting interpretations of the accused’s actions, with the prosecution relying on witness testimony and the defense questioning the credibility of the witnesses and the lack of corroborating evidence.
After four years of waiting, the family and friends of a murder victim saw the case come to a conclusion as the accused was found guilty and given no bail.
A coalition of voting rights groups has filed a brief urging a federal appeals court to block the U.S. Department of Justice’s demand for California voters’ private data, warning that the request exceeds federal authority and threatens voter privacy.
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether geofence warrants, which compel technology companies to provide anonymized location data from devices within a defined geographic area, violate Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
California has joined the International Union for Conservation of Nature, becoming a global leader in climate action and biodiversity protection, while the Trump administration cuts green jobs and retreats from federal environmental leadership.
The Davis City Council adopted three sets of actions to address discrimination against Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and allied residents, reaffirming protections against antisemitism and all forms of harassment, and approving additional anti-bias education efforts for the community.
A new survey of 1,118 residents in the Sacramento region found that 70% of respondents believe it is very important or extremely important for their community to improve housing affordability, and that expanding housing choices beyond single-family homes is key to the region’s economic future.