California Voters Pass Prop 17, Granting Formerly Incarcerated Individuals the Right to Vote
By Noa Prados With Proposition 17 passing, which gives individuals currently on parole for past felony convictions…
Proposition 17 Restores Voting Rights to Formerly Incarcerated People
By Noa Prados California voters approved Proposition 17 during the 2020 election, giving individuals currently on parole…
CA Proposition 16: A Call To Reinstate Affirmative Action
By Noa Prados One of the propositions California residents have surely been discussing propositions amid is Proposition…
San Quentin News Relaunched, Victims Raise Concerns As CDCR Continues To Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Aug. 28, there…
Solano County Jail – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails
By Nikki Suzani Highlights (August 3rd – August 10th) Solano County Jail has no active cases in…
Minimal Testing & Labelling Asymptomatic Cases as Recovered – How Santa Rita Jail Brought Down COVID-19 Cases Amidst an Outbreak
By Larkin White Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of August 2, the recent outbreak in Santa…
CDCR Healthcare workers to Gov. Newsom – “If CDCR does not release more than half of the prison population, stop all transfers, more people will die.”
(Dashboard updates daily M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes…
A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR’s San Quentin
By Nikki Suzani, Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag This visualization is created by the Covid In-Custody Project — an…
BSCC Gives CDCR $15m For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19
(Dashboard updates daily – M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and…
Solano County Jail Reports First COVID-19 Case – Questions Persist About Accuracy of Counts – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails
By Nikki Suzani Highlights (July 20th – 25th) Solano County Jail reported its first positive case of…
LA DA Lacey Hopes to Avoid November Runoff
By Danielle Silva LOS ANGELES – LA DA Incumbent Jackie Lacey has 52.8% of the votes from…
Assembly Bill Would Make English Learners Eligible for Child Care Assistance
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry Introduces Bill to Make English Learners Eligible for Child Care Assistance (From Press Release)…
Commentary: If You Build It, We Can Overcome
When the plastic industry put the plastic bag ban on the ballot, it seemed to me unlikely…
Monday Morning Thoughts II: New War on Poverty and Ending Welfare Mother Penalties
(Editor’s note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate…
