Governor Newsom to Halt State Death Penalty Cases
This morning, Governor Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order that will halt the death penalty in…
Governor Newsom Ramps Up Affordable Housing Plan as Study Finds State Falls Well Short of Marks
A week ago, the public policy group Next 10 came out with a scathing report that found,…
Dodd Plan to Reduce Student Food Insecurity Clears Committee
(From Press Release) – Legislation from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would ensure low-income college students have…
AG Investigations Finds No Criminal Charges Can Be Sustained in Clark Shooting
(From Press Release) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the results of an independent investigation…
UC Davis Student-Written Legislation to Reduce Water Usage Introduced in the California State Assembly
(From Press Release) — On February 22nd, 2019, students representing the ASUCD Office of the External…
Bill Would Allow Homeless College Students to Sleep in Parking Lots on Campus
A bill by Assemblymember Marc Berman of Palo Alto would allow homeless community college students to sleep…
Court Denies Effort to Thwart Release of Police Records Mandated by SB 1421
(From Press Release) – (Friday), in a ruling in Contra Costa Superior Court, the American Civil Liberties…
New City Policy on Vegetation Management Paying Off for Native Plants
by Henry House The city’s parks and public roads effectively went pesticide-free in 2018, according to Alan…
Senator Dodd Tackles College Student Food Insecurity
(From Press Release) – Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, introduced legislation today ensuring low-income college students have reliable…
Local Impact as PG&E Files for Chapter 11
As expected, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protections. PG&E in a press release Tuesday announced that…
Aguiar-Curry Calls on Federal Action for Universal Background Checks
(From Press Release) – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) has introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 4 with coauthors Senators…
Assemblymember Discusses Affordable Housing and the Prospects for New RDA Funding
In December, Assemblymember David Chiu introduced AB 11, which would “allow cities and counties to create agencies…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Governor Newsom Does Not Propose New RDA
Analysts have called the proposals for affordable housing a “big deal,” but while the governor proposed a…
Governor Newsom to Take On the Housing Crisis
This week Governor Newsom put his housing priority into his budget with proposals for sweeping changes which…
My View: Local Disappointments Aside, Governor Brown Diversified the Judicial Bench
In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents with…
Use of Force and Police Stops in 2017
Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Force and Racial…
Supreme Court Denies Effort to Block Access to Police Records
In a one-sentence ruling the California Supreme Court denied the efforts by police unions to gut or…
Commentary: Is Criminal Charges Against PG&E the Way to Go?
A US District Judge, William Alsup, has ordered PG&E to determine if it played any role in…
First Amendment and Media Coalition Opposes Effort to Gut Police Transparency Law
A coalition of media groups led by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed briefing in the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California
The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are…