Press Releases

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Important Voting Rights Bill Clears Assembly Elections Committee

A.B. 938 Will Protect the Right to Vote of All Eligible California Voters
Issue Areas: Free Speech

California Senate Approves Common Sense Drug Sentencing Reform Bill

S.B. 649 Would Help End California's Overincarceration Crisis by Reducing Needless and Costly Incarceration for Low Level Drug Possession and Freeing Up Money for Programs Proven to Reduce Recidivism
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Important Drug Sentencing Reform Bill Clears Senate Public Safety Committee

SB 649 would Reduce Needless and Costly Incarceration for Low Level Drug Possession, Free Up Money for Programs Proven to Reduce Recidivism
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Caltrans Equal Opportunity Program

Access to Federal Contracts at Stake for Women and Minority Owned Businesses

ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Warrantless Searches of Cell Phones

Suit Charges that Police Searches of Cellphones at Arrest Without a Warrant Violate Constitutional Rights of Arrestees, and their Friends, Family, and Colleagues