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Facing Recall, SF DA Chesa Boudin Denies Ever Supporting Police Defunding

June 2, 2022 3:24 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin claimed on Wednesday that he never supported police defunding, despite mounting evidence that he has multiple times in the past. Boudin, who has been fighting against being recalled since November, is currently trying to...

Sacramento 2021 Crime Spike: Murder, Rape, Assault, and Shootings Significantly Increase

June 2, 2022 11:48 amJune 2, 2022 11:50 am

The city of Sacramento saw significant increases in 2021 over 2020 in murder, rape, assault, and gun-related crimes compared to previous years, according to the Sacramento Police Department. On Wednesday, the Sacramento Police Department released a video covering the city’s 2021...

School Safety: Can We Risk Politicizing It?

June 2, 2022 6:29 amJune 2, 2022 6:50 am

In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Americans have renewed public debates on school safety, gun control, and mental health. In California, Democratic lawmakers rushed to advance a flurry of bills to tighten government regulations over...

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Reparations Task Force Releases First Report, Calls For Reparations To Be Given for Past Oppression

June 2, 2022 2:36 amJune 1, 2022 8:45 pm

The California Reparations Task Force released their first report on Wednesday, both documenting the harm made against African-Americans in California since 1850, and calling for reparations to given given to all slave-descendent blacks in the state. In the 500-page Reparations...

Superior Court Judge Orders Halt To Statewide Pest Prevention Spraying Program

June 1, 2022 3:39 pmJune 2, 2022 9:01 am

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge James Arguelles ruled on Tuesday that a state program that sprays pesticides on public and private land is to be halted within two months due to state officials not looking into potential health effects properly....

Tulare County DA Warns of Fallout with Reduced Sentences for Gang Crimes

June 1, 2022 3:17 pmJune 1, 2022 4:45 pm

In October 2021, the Legislature passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 333 by Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), to reduce allowable gang crimes enhancements, described by law enforcement as “a windfall for the violent, criminal street...

Labor Relations Under the California Constitution

June 1, 2022 11:24 amJune 1, 2022 11:31 am

Labor relations affecting the public and private sectors are contained in Article 14, which was added to the California Constitution by Proposition 14 on the June 8, 1976 ballot. This article contains the following five sections: Section 1 states that...