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Case Illustrates the Need For AB 392

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|Date: April 07, 2019
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Case Illustrates the Need For AB 392

By Carl Takei and Paige Fernandez The events that led to the murder of Willie McCoy by City of Vallejo po ...

By Carl Takei and Paige Fernandez The events that led to the murder of Willie McCoy by City of Vallejo police began with a 911 call came from a Taco Bell employee. In the recording, the employee sound ...

April 07, 2019
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AG Becerra Refusing to Release Police Records Despite Court Ruling

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|Date: April 06, 2019
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AG Becerra Refusing to Release Police Records Despite Court Ruling

(From Press Release) - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the state’s top law enforcement offici ...

(From Press Release) - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the state’s top law enforcement official, is refusing to follow the law that he has been sworn to uphold. It has been a week now sinc ...

April 06, 2019
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Will State End Involvement in For-Profit, Private Prisons?

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|Date: April 01, 2019
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Will State End Involvement in For-Profit, Private Prisons?

Back in December, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced AB 32, which would prohibit California’s us ...

Back in December, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced AB 32, which would prohibit California’s use of for-profit, private prisons. He also introduced AB 33, requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS, Cal ...

April 01, 2019
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Analysis: While Staunch Opponents of the Death Penalty Applaud Newsom, Some Think He Overreached

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|Date: March 26, 2019
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Analysis: While Staunch Opponents of the Death Penalty Applaud Newsom, Some Think He Overreached

While death penalty opponents were mostly excited by Governor Gavin Newsom’s surprise decision earlier th ...

While death penalty opponents were mostly excited by Governor Gavin Newsom’s surprise decision earlier this month to put a moratorium on the death penalty, a recent look at op-eds and editorials shows ...

March 26, 2019
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My View: Not All Victims Favor the Death Penalty

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|Date: March 16, 2019
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My View: Not All Victims Favor the Death Penalty

In the past few days, we have seen much in the way of angry responses from families of victims, where tho ...

In the past few days, we have seen much in the way of angry responses from families of victims, where those convicted are on death row. However, despite this, it is a tricky subject. I recall a few ye ...

March 16, 2019
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Governor Newsom to Halt State Death Penalty Cases

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|Date: March 13, 2019
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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 Cali ...

This morning, Governor Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order that will halt the death penalty in California for the duration of his term. California will become the latest state where the governo ...

March 13, 2019
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AG Investigations Finds No Criminal Charges Can Be Sustained in Clark Shooting

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|Date: March 06, 2019
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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 indep ...

(From Press Release) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the results of an independent investigation into the shooting death of Stephon Alonzo Clark, finding after thorough co ...

March 06, 2019
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Aguiar-Curry Calls on Federal Action for Universal Background Checks

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|Date: January 25, 2019
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Aguiar-Curry Calls on Federal Action for Universal Background Checks

(From Press Release) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) has introduced Assembly Joint Reso ...

(From Press Release) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) has introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 4 with coauthors Senators Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), and Assemb ...

January 25, 2019
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My View: Local Disappointments Aside, Governor Brown Diversified the Judicial Bench

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|Date: January 05, 2019
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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 wit ...

In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents with his appointments to the Yolo County Bench that lacked diversity. However, on the whole ...

January 05, 2019
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Use of Force and Police Stops in 2017

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|Date: January 03, 2019
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Use of Force and Police Stops in 2017

Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Fo ...

Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Force and Racial Profiling in 2017 California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Boa ...

January 03, 2019
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Supreme Court Denies Effort to Block Access to Police Records

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|Date: January 03, 2019
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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 bloc ...

In a one-sentence ruling the California Supreme Court denied the efforts by police unions to gut or block the landmark police transparency law (SB 1421) attempting to apply the law only to records cr ...

January 03, 2019
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Commentary: Is Criminal Charges Against PG&E the Way to Go?

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|Date: January 01, 2019
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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 the deadly ...

A US District Judge, William Alsup, has ordered PG&E to determine if it played any role in the deadly Camp Fire – which killed 88 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes, nearly completely destro ...

January 01, 2019
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First Amendment and Media Coalition Opposes Effort to Gut Police Transparency Law

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|Date: December 29, 2018
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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 Califo ...

A coalition of media groups led by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed briefing in the California Supreme Court to oppose a police union’s effort to undermine the effectiveness of a new, l ...

December 29, 2018
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PPIC Report Finds Arrest Rates Plummet to Historic Lows in California

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|Date: December 07, 2018
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PPIC Report Finds Arrest Rates Plummet to Historic Lows in California

While Disparities Have Narrowed, Large Gaps Remain Between African Americans and Whites Crime and policin ...

While Disparities Have Narrowed, Large Gaps Remain Between African Americans and Whites Crime and policing have been the subject of heated debates in California and nationwide, while crime rates have ...

December 07, 2018
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Governor Brown Appoints Legal Adviser to the Supreme Court

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|Date: November 15, 2018
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Governor Brown Appoints Legal Adviser to the Supreme Court

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for assoc ...

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for associate justice of the California Supreme Court. Joshua Groban, 45, of Los Angeles, has served as ...

November 15, 2018
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How Our Local Legislators Fared on Police and Criminal Justice Reform Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2018
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How Our Local Legislators Fared on Police and Criminal Justice Reform Issues

It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The ACLU ...

It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The ACLU of California just issued a legislative scorecard on issues they endorsed and showed how all o ...

October 06, 2018
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Commentary: Does Juvenile Reform Bill Go Too Far? Depends on Whom You Ask

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2018
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Commentary: Does Juvenile Reform Bill Go Too Far? Depends on Whom You Ask

Governor Brown just signed SB 1391 over the weekend. The timing is interesting, because Daniel Marsh's h ...

Governor Brown just signed SB 1391 over the weekend. The timing is interesting, because Daniel Marsh's hearing about whether he should be transferred to juvenile court under Proposition 57 began on M ...

October 05, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill

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|Date: October 03, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill

New Law Requires Best Practices for Conducting Photo & Live Lineups (From Press Release) - California ...

New Law Requires Best Practices for Conducting Photo & Live Lineups (From Press Release) - California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 923 which mandates statewide use of best prac ...

October 03, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Bill Ending Sentencing of 14- and 15-Year-Olds in Adult Court

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|Date: October 02, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Bill Ending Sentencing of 14- and 15-Year-Olds in Adult Court

One of the big questions surrounding the signing of SB 1391 is what that will mean for convicted killer D ...

One of the big questions surrounding the signing of SB 1391 is what that will mean for convicted killer Daniel Marsh, who is currently having his transfer matter heard in a Yolo County courtroom after ...

October 02, 2018
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Reisig Pushes Back against Reform while Yolo Leads the Way on Juvenile Prosecutions as Adults

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2018
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Reisig Pushes Back against Reform while Yolo Leads the Way on Juvenile Prosecutions as Adults

DA Jeff Reisig has been pushing back on Senate Bill 1391, and he has enlisted the family of Daniel Marsh' ...

DA Jeff Reisig has been pushing back on Senate Bill 1391, and he has enlisted the family of Daniel Marsh's victims to help. They believe if Governor Brown signs the legislation on his desk, that mean ...

September 22, 2018
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