Business Leaders Come Out in Opposition to Sacramento Minimum Wage Hike
A coalition of business groups, including The California Restaurant Association, the California Retailers Association and the Sacramento…
Analysis: New Life For Gun Control?
Last week, Gavin Newsom announced he was backing a new ballot initiative that would require, among other…
Sunday Commentary II: Newsom’s Fight Against Guns is Fraught with Risk
Polls often show that large majorities of people support greater gun control and gun safety regulations. But…
ACLU Celebrates String of Legislative Victories in California
By Natasha Minsker Last fall, the three ACLU affiliates in California launched our newly expanded Sacramento office:…
Governor Brown Signs Motor-Voter Law
by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald A Motor-Voter Law and a series of other election laws have recently passed that…
California Becomes First State To Ban “Redskins” as School Mascot or Team Name
by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald Assembly Bill 30, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) was signed by Governor…
Governor Brown Signs Wolk Bill Banning Concealed Weapons at Schools and College Campuses
A week after the tragedy in Oregon and some smaller campus shootings, Governor Brown signed legislation sponsored…
Governor Vetoes Border Crossing Identification License Bill
On Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 249, sponsored by Democratic Senator Ben Hueso, a measure to create…
Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report
Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of Holland…
CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law
The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 in order…
Governor Brown Signs Historic Aid-in-Dying Legislation
Governor Brown on Monday signed AB X2-15, the End of Life Option Act, into law, ending a…
Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling
On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015,…
Doubling Down on the Lies – Fiorina and Planned Parenthood
By Tia Will Carly Fiorina got one thing absolutely right in her statement in the last Republican…
Enhanced Driver’s Licenses Would Be A Privacy and Civil Liberties Nightmare
by Kevin Baker If someone tried to sell you security software that was ten years old, would…
How to Make Bad Jobs Good 101
Whether industrial or service, jobs become “good” only because of coordinated pressure from workers. By Claire Goldstene Current…
4th AD Gets More Interesting with Entrance of Winters Mayor
Winters Mayor Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, who claims a track record as a businesswoman, farmer and community leader, has…
Rain Doesn’t Always Follow the Plow
By Debra Chase The Sunday morning dawn brought in the smoke over the farm, choking and oily,…
Reconsidering the Delta Tunnels
by Elizabeth Lasensky and Carol Warren The following letter was submitted for the public record regarding the…
Victory for Privacy Rights in California
by Nicole A. Ozer It was a really good week in California for privacy rights. The legislature…
California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops
(From ACLU Press Release) – With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California is…
