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ACLU Celebrates String of Legislative Victories in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2015
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ACLU Celebrates String of Legislative Victories in California

By Natasha Minsker Last fall, the three ACLU affiliates in California launched our newly expanded Sacrame ...

By Natasha Minsker Last fall, the three ACLU affiliates in California launched our newly expanded Sacramento office: the ACLU of California Center for Advocacy & Policy. One year ago, we had a sta ...

October 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Signs Motor-Voter Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2015
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Governor Brown Signs Motor-Voter Law

by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald A Motor-Voter Law and a series of other election laws have recently passed ...

by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald A Motor-Voter Law and a series of other election laws have recently passed that have the potential to significantly impact upcoming elections and increase voter turnout. ...

October 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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California Becomes First State To Ban “Redskins” as School Mascot or Team Name

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2015
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California Becomes First State To Ban “Redskins” as School Mascot or Team Name

by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald Assembly Bill 30, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Sal ...

by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald Assembly Bill 30, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) was signed by Governor Brown yesterday and goes into effect January 1, 2017. The bill, kn ...

October 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Signs Wolk Bill Banning Concealed Weapons at Schools and College Campuses

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2015
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Governor Brown Signs Wolk Bill Banning Concealed Weapons at Schools and College Campuses

A week after the tragedy in Oregon and some smaller campus shootings, Governor Brown signed legislation s ...

A week after the tragedy in Oregon and some smaller campus shootings, Governor Brown signed legislation sponsored by Senator Lois Wolk which is an effort to control concealed weapons on school and col ...

October 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Vetoes Border Crossing Identification License Bill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2015
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Governor Vetoes Border Crossing Identification License Bill

On Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 249, sponsored by Democratic Senator Ben Hueso, a measure to create “ ...

On Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 249, sponsored by Democratic Senator Ben Hueso, a measure to create “enhanced” driver's licenses (EDLs) to be used as an additional border-crossing identification d ...

October 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2015
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Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of H ...

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of Holland & Knight arguing that CEQA is often used not by environmental groups, but rather by ...

October 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2015
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CEQA Litigation Abuse Undermines Purpose of Landmark Environmental Law

The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 i ...

The California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA, was landmark legislation passed in 1970 in order to create a statewide policy of environmental protection. While CEQA does not directly ...

October 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Signs Historic Aid-in-Dying Legislation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2015
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Governor Brown Signs Historic Aid-in-Dying Legislation

Governor Brown on Monday signed AB X2-15, the End of Life Option Act, into law, ending a long legislative ...

Governor Brown on Monday signed AB X2-15, the End of Life Option Act, into law, ending a long legislative struggle. A release by Senator Lois Wolk’s office, stated, “This decision by the Governor come ...

October 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2015
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Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 ...

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, into California law. The law, AB 953, written by Assemblymember Shirley Weber, requires law e ...

October 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Doubling Down on the Lies – Fiorina and Planned Parenthood

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: October 04, 2015
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Doubling Down on the Lies – Fiorina and Planned Parenthood

By Tia Will Carly Fiorina got one thing absolutely right in her statement in the last Republican Primary ...

By Tia Will Carly Fiorina got one thing absolutely right in her statement in the last Republican Primary debate. “This is about the character of our nation.” This is indeed about the character of our ...

October 04, 2015
| by Tia Will

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Enhanced Driver’s Licenses Would Be A Privacy and Civil Liberties Nightmare

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 02, 2015
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Enhanced Driver’s Licenses Would Be A Privacy and Civil Liberties Nightmare

by Kevin Baker If someone tried to sell you security software that was ten years old, would you buy it? O ...

by Kevin Baker If someone tried to sell you security software that was ten years old, would you buy it? Of course, it wouldn’t make sense to spend money on something that’s now outdated and vulnerable ...

October 02, 2015
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How to Make Bad Jobs Good 101

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 01, 2015
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How to Make Bad Jobs Good 101

Whether industrial or service, jobs become “good” only because of coordinated pressure from workers. By C ...

Whether industrial or service, jobs become “good” only because of coordinated pressure from workers. By Claire Goldstene Current campaigns across the United States to unionize service workers reflect ...

October 01, 2015
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4th AD Gets More Interesting with Entrance of Winters Mayor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2015
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4th AD Gets More Interesting with Entrance of Winters Mayor

Winters Mayor Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, who claims a track record as a businesswoman, farmer and community le ...

Winters Mayor Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, who claims a track record as a businesswoman, farmer and community leader, has announced she will enter the race for the open 4th Assembly District seat vacated whe ...

September 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Rain Doesn’t Always Follow the Plow

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 18, 2015
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Rain Doesn’t Always Follow the Plow

By Debra Chase The Sunday morning dawn brought in the smoke over the farm, choking and oily, yet its orig ...

By Debra Chase The Sunday morning dawn brought in the smoke over the farm, choking and oily, yet its origin was 60 miles away. As the fires swept through the towns of Middletown and Cobb in Lake Count ...

September 18, 2015
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Reconsidering the Delta Tunnels

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 16, 2015
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Reconsidering the Delta Tunnels

by Elizabeth Lasensky and Carol Warren The following letter was submitted for the public record regarding ...

by Elizabeth Lasensky and Carol Warren The following letter was submitted for the public record regarding the Delta Tunnels project. The last day to submit public comments about the Tunnels project is ...

September 16, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Victory for Privacy Rights in California

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 13, 2015
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Victory for Privacy Rights in California

by Nicole A. Ozer It was a really good week in California for privacy rights. The legislature passed the ...

by Nicole A. Ozer It was a really good week in California for privacy rights. The legislature passed the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA SB 178) with strong bipartisan suppor ...

September 13, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2015
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California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops

(From ACLU Press Release) - With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California ...

(From ACLU Press Release) - With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California is poised to pass AB 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, the first-of-its-kind ...

September 12, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sweeping Climate Change Bill SB 32 Stalls in Assembly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2015
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Sweeping Climate Change Bill SB 32 Stalls in Assembly

A bill that would have extended California’s pollution reduction goals out to 2050 has stalled in the Ass ...

A bill that would have extended California’s pollution reduction goals out to 2050 has stalled in the Assembly. As a result, bill author Senator Fran Pavley announced on Thursday that SB 32 would not ...

September 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Despite Bipartisan Support Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Soundly Defeated

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2015
| (7) Comments

Despite Bipartisan Support Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Soundly Defeated

SB 443 was a bill that was sponsored by Republican Assemblymember David Hadley, Senator Joel Anderson, an ...

SB 443 was a bill that was sponsored by Republican Assemblymember David Hadley, Senator Joel Anderson, and Democratic Senator Holly Mitchell. Under the current law, peace officers can seize cash and p ...

September 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Assembly Approves End of Life Bill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2015
| (1) Comment

Assembly Approves End of Life Bill

On Wednesday, the California Assembly took a major step in approving Assembly Bill X2-15, the End of Life ...

On Wednesday, the California Assembly took a major step in approving Assembly Bill X2-15, the End of Life Option Act, which will now move on to the Senate for a final vote. The bill was passed by the ...

September 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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