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Advocates Applaud Governor Brown and Chief Justice's Commitment to Reform California's Unjust Bail System

SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob Hertzberg and Assemblymember Rob Bonta announced their plan to work together to reform California’s fraught money bail system. The bill cosponsors issued the statement below in response:

ACLU Report Finds Inhuman, Violent Conditions in Orange County Jails

SANTA ANA — A two-year investigation by the ACLU of Southern California Jails Project published today reveals violent, abusive and unhealthy conditions in Orange County's jails system, and a record of denial and indifference by the officials in charge, most notably Orange County Sheriff Sandra
Issue Areas: Police Practices

Court Hands Trump Administration Another Defeat on Immigration

SEATTLE – On Wednesday, a U.S. District Court in Washington state rejected the Trump administration’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit targeting a once-secret program used to deny qualified Muslim immigrants from obtaining citizenship and permanent residency status, and also granted the case class-action
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights