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Nicole Foy CalMatters Workers at a Stanislaus County tomato farm and packing company are the first to successfully unionize under a new California law making it easier for farmworkers to organize, the United Farm Workers said today. The union said California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board certified the election petition...
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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters About 225,0000 Californians lost their free or low-cost health coverage as of July 1, in the first round of a Medi-Cal renewal process that had been suspended since early in the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s approximately 21% of the over 1 million people who were due...
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The Golden State has permanently expunged an unprecedented 11 million criminal arrest records in the first six months after the implementation of a criminal-justice reform bill – according to data just released by the California Department of Justice. Assembly Bill 1076 required the state DOJ to automatically clear eligible records...
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Guerrera Marketing On Thursday July 20th at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the 2023 Premios Juventud ceremony will take place, one of the most important awards in Latin music. This week the list of nominees was revealed and for the first time Kenia Os...
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Las primeras personas en hacer uso de una nueva ley estatal sobre el sellado de antecedentes penales comparecieron ante un juez la semana pasada. Anteriormente, solo las personas cuya condena no resulto en encarcelamiento podían solicitar la eliminación de antecedentes penales. Jay Jordan es director ejecutivo de la organización sin fines...
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The first people to make use of a new state law on sealing criminal records went before a judge last week. Previously, only people whose conviction did not result in incarceration could petition for expungement. Jay Jordan, CEO of the nonprofit Alliance for Safety and Justice, which pushed for...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Following 90 minutes of public comments from passionate speakers on both sides of the issue, the Seattle, Washington City Council Feb. 21 made history as it passed the first law in the nation banning caste discrimination. The measure passed on a 6-1 vote, with...
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En un estado que no tiene muchas latinas sentadas en el estrado judicial o discutiendo casos, Patricia Guerrero haría historia como presidenta del tribunal supremo de California. El gobernador Gavin Newsom nominó el miércoles 10 de agosto a Guerrero, de 50 años, como presidente del Tribunal Supremo de California. Ya...
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In a state that doesn’t have many Latinas either sitting on the judicial bench or arguing cases before it, Patricia Guerrero would make history as chief justice on California’s highest court. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday August 10 nominated Guerrero, 50, to be chief justice of the California Supreme...
Nicole Foy CalMatters Workers at a Stanislaus County tomato farm and packing company are the first to successfully unionize under a new California law making it easier for farmworkers to organize, the United Farm Workers said today. The union said California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board certified the election petition...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters About 225,0000 Californians lost their free or low-cost health coverage as of July 1, in the first round of a Medi-Cal renewal process that had been suspended since early in the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s approximately 21% of the over 1 million people who were due...
The Golden State has permanently expunged an unprecedented 11 million criminal arrest records in the first six months after the implementation of a criminal-justice reform bill – according to data just released by the California Department of Justice. Assembly Bill 1076 required the state DOJ to automatically clear eligible records...
Guerrera Marketing On Thursday July 20th at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the 2023 Premios Juventud ceremony will take place, one of the most important awards in Latin music. This week the list of nominees was revealed and for the first time Kenia Os...
Las primeras personas en hacer uso de una nueva ley estatal sobre el sellado de antecedentes penales comparecieron ante un juez la semana pasada. Anteriormente, solo las personas cuya condena no resulto en encarcelamiento podían solicitar la eliminación de antecedentes penales. Jay Jordan es director ejecutivo de la organización sin fines...
The first people to make use of a new state law on sealing criminal records went before a judge last week. Previously, only people whose conviction did not result in incarceration could petition for expungement. Jay Jordan, CEO of the nonprofit Alliance for Safety and Justice, which pushed for...
Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Following 90 minutes of public comments from passionate speakers on both sides of the issue, the Seattle, Washington City Council Feb. 21 made history as it passed the first law in the nation banning caste discrimination. The measure passed on a 6-1 vote, with...
En un estado que no tiene muchas latinas sentadas en el estrado judicial o discutiendo casos, Patricia Guerrero haría historia como presidenta del tribunal supremo de California. El gobernador Gavin Newsom nominó el miércoles 10 de agosto a Guerrero, de 50 años, como presidente del Tribunal Supremo de California. Ya...
In a state that doesn’t have many Latinas either sitting on the judicial bench or arguing cases before it, Patricia Guerrero would make history as chief justice on California’s highest court. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday August 10 nominated Guerrero, 50, to be chief justice of the California Supreme...