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Los grupos de reforma de la justicia penal están apoyando un nuevo proyecto de ley que facilitará a las personas heridas en encuentros con la policía para que obtengan apoyo de la Junta de Compensación de Victimas de California. En la actualidad, la mayoría de las reclamaciones, aparte de las relativas a...
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Criminal justice reform groups are rallying behind a new bill that would make it easier for people hurt in encounters with police to get support from the California Victim Compensation Board. Right now, most claims – aside from domestic violence or sexual assault – require that the person be identified as a...
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A partir del próximo año, los almuerzos escolares en California podrán ser mucho más saludables si se aprueba un nuevo proyecto de ley que establecería directrices para el azúcar añadido. El Proyecto de Ley 348 del Senado limitaría la cantidad de azúcar añadida a 25 gramos por día. La senadora estatal...
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Starting next year, school lunches in California could get a lot healthier if a new bill passes to set guidelines for added sugar. Senate Bill 348 would limit the amount of added sugar to 25 grams a day. Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, authored the bill to improve the quality of...
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Lawmakers in the Commonwealth are considering legislation to ensure police use of facial-recognition technology also protects people’s privacy and civil rights. Massachusetts was one of the first states to implement restrictions on the technology as part of a sweeping police reform law in 2020. A special legislative commission, which included police and civil...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters ACTUALIZACIÓN: El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó el Proyecto de Ley 2799 de la Asamblea el 30 de septiembre de 2022. Gary Bryant Jr. intercambió disparos con un hombre en el estacionamiento de un apartamento de Antioch una tarde de julio de 2014. Ambos fueron impactados por...
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Nigel Duara CalMatters UPDATE: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2799 on Sept. 30, 2022. Gary Bryant Jr. exchanged gunfire with a man in an Antioch apartment parking lot on a July afternoon in 2014. Both were struck by bullets. Bryant survived and the other man died. Police said...
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On Labor Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he’s signing a first-in-the-nation bill creating a council to regulate wages and working conditions in fast food restaurants. The new law will give labor advocates a long-elusive bargaining foothold in a low-wage industry that employs more than half a million non-unionized workers statewide. “California is...
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Starting next week, the United States will take a historic step toward beginning what we hope will be an irreversible path to a truly green economy, thanks to the approval of the most ambitious investments in clean and affordable energy, and aggressive actions against climate change. Although it was...