News & Commentary
Jun 12, 2015
Match L.A.'s historic wage hike with paid sick days
The Los Angeles City Council is to be congratulated on passing an ordinance raising the minimum wage in the city to $15 by 2020. That historic action is an important step in achieving economic justice for so many workers who are forced to hold down two jobs or more and even then find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. A living wage is a basic economic right, and it is inextricably linked to the full exercise of civil rights and liberties. No one working a full-time job should be paid a wage that leaves them living in poverty.
By Ruth Dawson
May 28, 2015
Soaring caseloads, flat funding crush dependency system
Imagine having the moral and legal responsibility to represent over 500 individual children in complex legal proceedings and protect their best interests. These are the impossible circumstances that currently face dependency attorneys in California, as documented in “System on the Brink,” a white paper issued today by the ACLU of California.
By Michael Kaufman
May 21, 2015
In California, you have the right not to show your ID to law enforcement ... in most cases
Many officers think they can legally arrest you for refusing to show your identification. Many times they are wrong.
May 17, 2015
When cops are immune from law enforcement
This post was originally published in the Sacramento Bee
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