Assemblymember Tina McKinnor and Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus, have joined other lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates to unveil the #SmartSolutions Public Safety Policy Platform, a package of 30 bills that addresses the top concerns of retailers, retail workers, the fentanyl crisis, and support for victims and survivors of crime.
Assembly Bill 1863, sponsored by the Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, the Yurok Tribe and the Pechanga Band of Mission Indians, would require the California Highway Patrol to respond to a Feather Alert activation within 48 hours and, if they deny an application, issue their explanation within the same time period.
Christian theology has long been based on words. But are there other ways of understanding faith? Can music be one of them? Verbum Dei Sr. Maeve Heaney explores such questions in Suspended God: Music and a Theology of Doubt.