Millions of Americans are living in homes that are crumbling and unsafe due to a lack of maintenance, and programs designed to help are overwhelmed with long waiting lists, resulting in a need for federal support to address this aspect of the housing crisis.
The Davis Citizens Planning Group is advocating for a shift from the traditional monocentric city model to a hierarchy of centers, which would spread housing, services, and workplaces across multiple nodes, making it easier for people to access what they need closer to home and reducing car dependency.
The ACLU is fighting against laws in Arkansas and Texas that require public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom, as well as efforts to incorporate religion into other public school activities, in order to defend the separation of church and state and students’ rights.
The Davis Joint Unified School District has imposed an additional $1 million fee on the homeowners of Palomino Place, which the developer believes is legally indefensible and unsupported by the District’s Nexus study.
The School District has invited 1,200 children to attend Davis schools daily for the past few years, while Springlake developers had no influence on whether homebuyers could bring their children to Davis.
The ACLU is urging Congress to pass the VISIBLE Act, which would ban federal agents from hiding their identities, and is providing resources to help people know their rights if they are stopped by law enforcement or military police in D.C.
Two workers were killed and ten others injured in a gas explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works in Pennsylvania, highlighting the ongoing dangers of the steel industry and the need for improved safety measures.
SB 627 and SB 805, supported by retired police officer Carl Tennenbaum, would require law enforcement officers to display visible identification and prohibit them from covering their faces during public interactions, promoting transparency and accountability in policing.
Radley Balko and Ezra Klein argue that the militarization of American policing is a sign of a shift towards authoritarianism, and that the only way to resist this trend is to build state-level counter-capacity and to remember that the true power lies with the citizenry.
The Social Justice Committee of Congregation Bet Haverim condemns the cultural appropriation of antisemitism, the mistreatment of refugees and asylum seekers, and the demonization of immigrants, while affirming the importance of diversity, freedom of speech, and welcoming the stranger.
The Davis Joint Unified School District is being sued for imposing a fee on new development that exceeds the legal limit of what can be charged to help fund school facilities, and for using the fee to fund salaries, enrichment, and maintenance of existing structures, rather than for construction or reconstruction of new facilities.
On January 7, 2025, Border Patrol agents conducted an aggressive and unprecedented immigration raid in Kern County, California, targeting people of color and violating their rights, leading to a court victory for the ACLU and its partners in blocking the agents’ unlawful practices.
Davis, California has seen a decrease in student housing demand due to an increase in student housing, changes in enrollment demand, and rising inventory in the for-sale market, resulting in a decrease in rents and an increase in incentives for tenants.
The Trump administration’s immigration agenda has expanded beyond the undocumented to include temporary visa holders, asylum seekers, lawful permanent residents, and naturalized citizens, resulting in a system of exclusion that undermines due process and equal protection under the Constitution.
A disabled domestic violence survivor is standing up for herself and others by fighting for justice in the face of a judge who ignores case law, denies ADA accommodations, and allows bias to run unchecked in family court.
The Trump Administration’s use of local ALPR systems for mass deportation efforts has sparked opposition to driver-surveillance programs around the country, as policymakers recognize the difficulty of maintaining boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration.
Los Angeles is facing the same racial profiling and militarized policing as Washington, DC, and local leaders must take action to rebuild trust and protect immigrant communities from the long-term dangers of ICE raids and the climate of fear.
Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” which cuts Medicaid and Planned Parenthood funding to fund President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, threatening the health and rights of millions of Americans.
The Trump administration has opened an immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss, a U.S. military base in Texas, which is set to become the largest immigration detention site in the country and is being met with local opposition due to its lack of transparency and potential for abuse.
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal to develop more of the North Natomas basin, which is a floodplain surrounded by levees that were originally so weak that a grant to expand regional sewer contained a $6 million penalty if that capacity were used to serve North Natomas, and the land speculators controlling North Natomas were able to get the penalty waived and receive $43 million in levee improvement grants, which is bad for the public realm and the environment.