Jul 5, 20195 min readWhy Dem. Senators Richard Pan and Steven Glazer are holding out their votes on ethnic studies billIn April 1992, violent riots broke out in Los Angeles after an almost all-White jury (one juror later “came out” as biracial 10 years...
Apr 16, 20193 min readBill aimed at preventing police deadly force moves forward; legislation is first of its kind in the The California Act to Save Lives, AB 392, cleared its first hurdle at the State Capitol. The Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 5-2...
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Jun 26, 20182 min readSenate public safety committee approves continuation of bill restricting use of forceSACRAMENTO, CA --After more than an hour of heated comments and testimony last week, the Senate Public Safety Committee voted to allow...