The California Legislative Jewish Caucus has condemned the deadly antisemitic attack in Australia and announced a $36,000 donation to support security at Jewish community events across California.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 715, a bill to strengthen protections against antisemitism in K-12 schools across California, which establishes a new state Office of Civil Rights and creates an Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator to help develop training, review complaints, advise school districts, and recommend policy changes.
California lawmakers have passed Assembly Bill 715, which aims to combat antisemitism in K-12 schools by establishing an Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator and strengthening protections for Jewish students, but it has also generated opposition from some interfaith groups and civil liberties advocates who warn that it risks conflating political criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and other state leaders condemned the Trump administration’s alleged $1 billion political shakedown of the University of California, which they characterized as an assault on academic freedom and a threat to the state’s public university system.
AB 690, a bill authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, has passed through the Assembly Public Safety Committee and the Appropriations Committee, aiming to eliminate flat-fee contracts for indigent defense in California and provide greater oversight, transparency, and fairness to the state’s fragmented public defense system.
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