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  • #UndocuFest

    Meet the nonprofit who raises funds for undocumented law students Arturo Hilario El Observador A lawyer can take many shapes and forms. They can be part of trials that change state and federal policy or grant someone freedom from jail time. They can protect corporate lobbying or help keep...
  • Report: Tipping Rule Change Would Cost Women $4.6 Billion

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As women’s marches take place across the country this Saturday, time is running out to put in your two cents about a rule proposed by the Trump administration that a new report says could cost female workers $4.6 billion in tips...
  • Children’s Advocates Praise Brown’s Proposed Budget

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown’s new $131.7 billion budget is earning praise from children’s advocates because of the investments it makes in supporting health and combating poverty. The budget includes $26.7 million for a voluntary pilot program to send community health workers to...
  • County of Santa Clara Files Petition Challenging Trump Administration’s Repeal of Net Neutrality Protections

    SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – This week the County of Santa Clara filed a petition for review in federal court challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful repeal of net neutrality protections.  Filed by the Office of the County Counsel with assistance from Stanford Law School’s Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic,...
  • Court Grants County of Santa Clara and SEIU 521’s Motion to Halt Repeal of DACA

    SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.  – On Wednesday January 10th, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup temporarily blocked the Trump Administration’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and restored protections to hundreds of thousands of deserving immigrants pending a final decision by the court.  The ruling came...
  • NHCSL Blasts DHS Decision On TPS For Salvadorans

    National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) WASHINGTON, DC — The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) issued the following statement on the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to rescind the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of over 200,000 individuals from El Salvador, many who have been working...
  • El Caucus Nacional de Legisladores Estatales Hispanos critica decisión sobre salvadoreños

    National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) WASHINGTON, DC – El Caucus Nacional de Legisladores Estatales Hispanos (NHCSL, por sus siglas en inglés) hizo las siguientes declaraciones sobre la decisión del Departamento de Seguridad Interna federal (DHS) de dejar que se expire el Status de Protección Temporera (TPS, por sus...
  • Influenza Activity Increasing in Santa Clara County

    One additional death reported to the State   Santa Clara County, CA. With widespread flu activity in Santa Clara County, the Public Health Department announced the death of fifth Santa Clara County resident associated with influenza virus infection.  The individual was under the age of 65 years and all five deceased residents...
  • San Jose Minimum Wage Rise to $13.50

    Arturo Hilario El Observador San Jose, Calif. – On January 1st the minimum wage in San Jose rose to 13.50 per hour, the most recent step to raise the minimum wage around the Bay Area to $15 per hour by 2019. San Jose is among other cities across 19 states...
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