The state Assembly voted 59-0 to approve the California Abolition Act on March 21, which would amend the Constitution of California to end involuntary servitude in the state.
Nonprofit director and businesswoman Tina Simone McKinnor and Lawndale Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles are running in the April 5 special primary election to replace former Assemblymember Autumn Burke in the 62nd Assembly District and they both have ties to the California Legislative Black Caucus.
A half-century-old state law has stymied bike lanes, affordable housing and now enrollment at UC Berkeley. But it's unlikely that state legislators are going to make bigger changes to the California Environmental Quality Act.
Charlene Muhammad | Oakland Post Advocates for victims of domestic violence, including organizations like the Family Violence Law Center in Oakland, are applauding a new California law that was introduced by Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles). The legislation passed both the Assembly and Senate last fall. It was signed into law by Gov. Newsom in | Charlene Muhammad | Oakland Post Advocates for victims of domestic violence, including organizations like the Family Violence Law Center in Oakland, are applauding a new California law that was introduced by Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles). The legislation passed both the Assembly and Senate last fall. It was signed into law by Gov. Newsom in
Charlene Muhammad | The Oakland Post Problems plaguing people affected by domestic violence are often compartmentalized when law enforcement officers – as well as criminal justice and social welfare authorities try to solve them. That is a fragmented approach, advocates argue, that helps neither victims nor perpetrators, and it does not lead to lasting | Charlene Muhammad | The Oakland Post Problems plaguing people affected by domestic violence are often compartmentalized when law enforcement officers – as well as criminal justice and social welfare authorities try to solve them. That is a fragmented approach, advocates argue, that helps neither victims nor perpetrators, and it does not lead to lasting