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County of Santa Clara joins Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City in filing an amicus brief in support of States’ constitutional challenge to President Trump’s Executive Order The County of Santa Clara has announced that it joined the Cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City...
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Acting in support of immigrants who may face deportation without due process, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved an investment of $3.8 million in legal representation, and a Know Your Rights education and media campaign. The Board’s action at its Tuesday, March 14th meeting, was a promised...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could save billions of dollars by reducing the number of high school suspensions and favoring rehabilitation over punishment, according to a new study by the California Dropout Research Project. Researchers followed more than 100 randomly chosen 10th graders from across...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service OAKLAND, Calif. – Five nonprofits, including one in California, filed a motion in federal court Monday March 13th to force the EPA to follow up on environmental justice-related civil rights complaints. The groups accuse the EPA of dragging its feet, in some cases for...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Grupos que abogan por los adultos mayores se estan manifestando contra la H.R. 708 y la Ley Americana de Atencion a la Salud, que aumentarian el cobro de las empresas aseguradoras a las personas en edad avanzada. Bajo la ACA solo se...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Advocates for older Americans are criticizing a bill in the House of Representatives that would raise the amount insurance companies can charge seniors. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies only could charge seniors three times what younger adults pay. But...
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Fifth Anniversary Highlights Center’s Ongoing Efforts and Accomplishments SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— Since its founding in 2012, the County of Santa Clara Reentry Resource Center has created opportunities for more than 10,000 residents reentering the community from jail or prison. The Center celebrated its fifth anniversary on February...
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SANFRANCISCO, Calif.— Solo en 2016, se produjeron más de 5,700 incendios forestales en todo el estado de California, de acuerdo con el departamento de Silvicultura y Protección contra Incendios. Y a pesar del récord de lluvias de este invierno, se espera que el cambio climático incremente, tanto el número...
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), Team Blue 3 is stationed in San Jose, California working at Santa Clara County Parks from February 13, 2017 to March 17, 2017. One of it’s focuses will be to repair significant storm damage at both Hellyer and...
County of Santa Clara joins Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City in filing an amicus brief in support of States’ constitutional challenge to President Trump’s Executive Order The County of Santa Clara has announced that it joined the Cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City...
Acting in support of immigrants who may face deportation without due process, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved an investment of $3.8 million in legal representation, and a Know Your Rights education and media campaign. The Board’s action at its Tuesday, March 14th meeting, was a promised...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could save billions of dollars by reducing the number of high school suspensions and favoring rehabilitation over punishment, according to a new study by the California Dropout Research Project. Researchers followed more than 100 randomly chosen 10th graders from across...
Suzanne Potter California News Service OAKLAND, Calif. – Five nonprofits, including one in California, filed a motion in federal court Monday March 13th to force the EPA to follow up on environmental justice-related civil rights complaints. The groups accuse the EPA of dragging its feet, in some cases for...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Grupos que abogan por los adultos mayores se estan manifestando contra la H.R. 708 y la Ley Americana de Atencion a la Salud, que aumentarian el cobro de las empresas aseguradoras a las personas en edad avanzada. Bajo la ACA solo se...
Fifth Anniversary Highlights Center’s Ongoing Efforts and Accomplishments SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— Since its founding in 2012, the County of Santa Clara Reentry Resource Center has created opportunities for more than 10,000 residents reentering the community from jail or prison. The Center celebrated its fifth anniversary on February...
SANFRANCISCO, Calif.— Solo en 2016, se produjeron más de 5,700 incendios forestales en todo el estado de California, de acuerdo con el departamento de Silvicultura y Protección contra Incendios. Y a pesar del récord de lluvias de este invierno, se espera que el cambio climático incremente, tanto el número...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), Team Blue 3 is stationed in San Jose, California working at Santa Clara County Parks from February 13, 2017 to March 17, 2017. One of it’s focuses will be to repair significant storm damage at both Hellyer and...