AB 642 is a surveillance bill that puts our communities in danger. Tell Asm. Haney to oppose it, and Asm. Ting, the author, to pull it.
Read MoreAB 1436 is heading to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bell, Authored by Asm. Chui, will prevent evictions and provide security to the 18 million + tenants in California. Tell your State Senator Wiener to vote YES.
Read MoreACA 6, the “Free the Vote Act,” is heading to the Senate floor this week, and needs a 2/3 vote to pass! ACA 6 would restore voting rights to every person who has completed their prison term in California. Tell State Senator Scott Wiener to vote YES on it.
Read MoreAB-2054: The CRISES Act, recently sent to the California Senate, would fund community alternatives to police crisis response. The CRISES Act directs the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to administer $16 million in grants to community organizations in at least ten counties over the next three years. Call State Senator Wiener to support this bill!
Read MoreUrge your State MoC to support the California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Package, which will ensure the safety, health, and economic security of California’s farmworkers, who are some of the most essential workers in this crisis.
ICE is trying to get around AB32 by establishing private prison contracts before the law kicks in. Tell state officials not to let them get away with it!
Currently, PG&E and SCE have to do the hard work to *prove* that they were not at fault *before* they can ask the public to cover wildfire costs. AB 1054 turns this on its head and allows public bailouts to be approved automatically!
Read MoreSB 155 and AB 56 would cede local control of Community Choice energy programs to the CPUC. Adding bureaucracy to local control is meant to weaken CCAs ability to compete with PG&E. Call Senator Wiener and Asm. Ting and ask them to vote NO!
Read MoreLast year the California state legislature passed SB 100, a critically important bill to protect our environment and limit climate change. SB 386 effectively guts SB 100 and has already passed the California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.
Read MoreTell State Senator Scott Wiener not to remove patient protections from expanded conservatorship law
Read MoreSenator Wiener has not committed to opposing SB 230, a weak policing bill being pushed by law enforcement in order to deter the progress of SB 392, the California Act to Save Lives. SB 392 is endorsed by a coalition of organizations including the ACLU and Black Lives Matter, and would end unnecessary killings by police officers.
Read MoreSF recently passed a number of tax measures (the Prop C's and Prop G) by majority vote, and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation is suing to overturn them in court.
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