Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed sweeping housing reforms in California, which has sparked a political battle between progressive and entrenched interests, as Democrats are the biggest political barrier to housing in the state.
Proposition 36, a crime and drug treatment initiative passed by California voters, has been met with resistance from Governor Gavin Newsom, who is refusing to allocate new state funding for the measure, citing a budget shortfall and the need for local governments to step up and fund it.
Community members, attorneys, and faith leaders gathered at the Concord Immigration Court to call attention to the growing campaign of fear and disinformation targeting immigrants, and to encourage people to reject misinformation and exercise their constitutional rights.
Prison journalists are fighting for their right to free speech and to hold truth to power, despite facing intimidation, threats, and censorship, in order to give voice to the most marginalized populations and to help dismantle and silence journalistic voices from within the walls of this nation's penitentiaries.
Despite passing significant criminal justice legislation in his first term, Trump's second administration has seen a shift towards a more "tough-on-crime" approach, with cuts to funding and programs aimed at reducing crime, undermining police accountability, and targeting "blue" cities.