Newsom: People Shouldn’t Be Forced Out Due to COVID-19
Local governments will have to power to halt evictions of renters and homeowners under an executive order Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Monday, March 16....
17
Mar
17
Mar
Hit By Coronavirus Crisis, School Districts Call Time-out: Still Providing Meals
By Sunday evening, more than 720 of the state’s 1,000 school districts announced they were closing beginning Monday. They made the decision out of an abundance of caution for the...
12
Mar
California Tribes Hold Festive Launch For 2020 Census
A kickoff event for getting a full count of California’s Native American population in the 2020 Census featured heaps of swag, a free feast, a live band, dance performance, bingo...
02
Mar
Coronavirus Hits California: The Threat of an Epidemic Disrupts Life
So far, 37 people in California have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and about 8,700 people across the state, who may have been exposed to the Coronavirus, are self-quarantined....
07
Feb
California Census 2020 Campaign Names Census Ambassadors
The California For All: Census 2020 Campaign announced this week that four influential Census Ambassadors have joined the organization's efforts to help the hardest-to-count Californians take part in the upcoming...
04
Feb
Appeals Court: California Must Unseal Secret Files That Hide Police Misconduct
Activists, some news agencies and civil rights groups across the state are applauding a California court decision last week to reject an appeal that would have overturned Senate Bill 1421....
04
Feb
Labor Lawsuits, New Legislation Attempt to Push Back on New AB 5 Rules
A growing chorus of voices across California — from affected Uber and Lyft drivers and newspaper delivery truck operators to freelance writers, photographers, musicians and other artists – are all...
14
Jan
California Black News Brief: Stories to Watch – Week Beginning 1/12/2020
Last Friday, when Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted his budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year, he specifically mentioned Black students - the lowest performing group of any ethnic category on California’s...
13
Dec
On the Record with Governor Newsom: One Year of California for All
There’s no state in America quite like California. In troubled times for the Nation, California is where the American Dream is alive and well. The most diverse state in the...
10
Dec
California Black News Brief: Stories to Watch – Week Beginning 12/09
On Jan. 1, 2020, California will enact a new law, the CROWN Act or Senate Bill 188, that protects Black women and men from discrimination in the workplace for wearing...
14
Nov
Khanna Supports DACA and Single-Payer Healthcare
Solving the nation's healthcare crisis is getting plenty of attention from Congress, Rep. Ro Khanna said in a wide-ranging 30-minute teleconference with journalists Tuesday....
01
Oct
Seven Ways California’s New “Rent Cap” Law Would Affect You
Although Assemblymember David Chiu prefers to call AB 1482 a “rent cap” bill instead of a rent control bill, it includes a number of provisions other than the limit on...
18
Sep
Gov’s Wife: Stop Paying Women Less Than Men for Doing the Same Jobs
Even though California has the slimmest gender pay gap in the United States, on average, women still earn about 89 percent of the total money men are paid in the...
10
Sep
From ‘Reasonable’ to ‘Necessary’: California’s New Use of Force Laws Explained
Dr. Joseph Marshall, host of Street Soldiers Radio on 106 KMEL, interviewed San Francisco Police Chief William Scott about the California's new law intended to deter police officers from killing...
09
Sep
New UCLA Study – State Makes Progress On Goal To Guarantee Water As a Human Right
In 2012, California became the first state in the country to declare that “Every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water” when the state legislature...
