The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a new complaint against the Tulare County Jail for its living conditions during the pandemic, alleging that the jail is failing to adequately test for COVID-19 and that its social distancing policy violates inmates’ constitutional rights. Filed last Thursday in …
Read More »She Escaped Domestic Abuse And Is Seeking Asylum. Now A Policy Change Makes Her Future Uncertain
The soft chatter in the waiting room at the Yarra Law Group offices in Fresno are muffled by a Food Network show playing on TV. Receptionist tap their keyboards and answer phone calls. A 23-year-old woman from El Salvador, who we’ll call Ana, is among the dozen people in the …
Read More »Immigration Attorneys Raise Concerns About U Visa Policy Changes
About eight years ago Mirsa Urias was working at a restaurant in Bakersfield. She was the only person working up front and says it was business as usual until one man entered. “He pointed a gun at me and said I had to give him money,” the 30-year-old says in …
Read More »Trump’s border security boss should resign over family separation policy, Democrats say
Leading Democrats from California called for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign on Monday, citing the department’s controversial practice of separating immigrant families caught trying to cross the southern … Click to Continue »
Read More »Accusations Fly Of Impropriety By Supervisors Over Kern County Pot Policy
Despite the passage of Proposition 64, commercial marijuana dispensaries are technically illegal in Kern County after a vote last year by the Board of Supervisors. While the board may consider making changes to that policy for some medical cannabis dispensaries, the issue has led to a political firestorm. Rival camps …
Read More »Trump Policy Spotlights San Diego’s Nuclear Past
The Trump administration wants to boost the number of U.S. nuclear weapons. At one time, California had one of the highest concentrations of nuclear weapons in the country. The Trump administration wants to add smaller tactical nuclear weapons, as part of the recently released Nuclear Posture Review. The plan reverses …
Read More »Attorney General Becerra To Discuss Immigration Policy With Local Growers
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra met with local officials from across the San Joaquin Valley in Fresno today. After addressing DACA and criminal justice reform, Becerra said that over the weekend he plans to meet with employers, like growers, to discuss what to expect from federal immigration authorities now that …
Read More »US court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
A federal judge in Washington on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from excluding transgender people from military service. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that transgender service members who … Click to Continue »
Read More »Transgender Veterans Hope Trump Policy Won’t Erase Progress At VA
The future of transgender troops has been in question since President Trump Tweeted that they would no longer be allowed to serve. Transgender veterans are wondering how the president’s pronouncement will impact the ongoing effort to open the Veterans Health Administration to their needs. Navy veteran Kristen Dancer served as …
Read More »Merced County supervisors take first look at cannabis policy options
The Merced County Board of Supervisors began discussion Tuesday that may lead to policy decisions on recreational and medicinal marijuana following the passage of Prop 64. Supervisors heard a presentation … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fairness policy fails, but Merced leaders plan for a do-over
The Merced City Council on Monday shot down a fairness policy related to contractors that they called “confusing,” saying instead members will begin work to draft a better policy. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno police auditor says Dylan Noble shooting ‘not within policy’
Fresno’s independent police auditor has concluded that the June 2016 shooting of Dylan Noble by two Fresno police officers in a gas station parking lot was “not within policy” of … Click to Continue »
Read More »California climate change symposium highlights difference between state and federal policy
Welcome to the AM Alert, your morning run-down on California policy and politics. To receive it regularly, please sign up for it here. The day after President Donald Trump signed … Click to Continue »
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