​​​​​​​SACRAMENTO — Today, the Repeal Ineffective Sentence Enhancements (RISE) Coalition celebrated Governor Gavin Newsom's signature on SB 136: The RISE Act. The legislation, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), dismantles a cruel, expensive, and ineffective sentence enhancement that

SACRAMENTO — Today, California Governor Newsom signed SB 72, legislation introduced by State Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) to allow all eligible Californians to register to vote and cast a ballot at all polling sites on Election Day. California now joins 13 other states and the District of

SACRAMENTO — Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed landmark legislation making California the largest state in the country to block law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition and other biometric tracking technology in connection with officer body cameras.

LOS ANGELES — Today's Los Angeles Times damning report confirms what many city residents know far too well: L.A. Police Department officers target Black and Latinx drivers and passengers in pretextual stops and searches. In response, activists and community members impacted by over-policing will

LOS ANGELES — Union dockworker jobs, with six-figure incomes and generous benefits, are highly prized at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — but can be near impossible to attain if you're a worker who becomes pregnant. Pregnant workers who are not yet union members are routinely denied access

LOS ANGELES — In a landmark ruling addressing the legality of ICE's signature deportation program, Secure Communities, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction blocking the agency from issuing arrest requests based solely on error-ridden electronic databases. The ruling also enjoins ICE from

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department has a long history of defying public records requests that under state law have to get a response within, at most, 24 days. Instead, the LAPD often refused to respond for months or even years. And then it sometimes gave only partial answers or didn't

SACRAMENTO — Groundbreaking legislation that would require all on-campus student health centers at public universities in California to offer medication abortion services passed in the California Assembly today with an initial vote of 44 to 15. Now, Senate Bill 24, also known as the College Student