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Sexual assault evidence in California: a slow moving story
California has only recently begun to take a legislative approach to dealing with its backlog of rape kits
California has only recently begun to take a legislative approach to dealing with its backlog of rape kits
While an estimated 15,000 new arts teachers are needed statewide, less than 5,000 are currently credentialed in music, dance, theater, visual arts and media arts
California is the only state in the nation that doesn’t regulate athletic trainers. That could soon change if a bill sponsored by Assemblymember Dr. Akilah Weber and the California Athletic Trainers’ Association becomes law.
Only 24 years old, Mae Gates is already chief of staff for a state senator, owner of a political consulting business and a passionate advocate for food justice.
In order for California to reach the lofty goal of 100 percent zero-emission vehicle sales in only 12 more years, it’s estimated more than 1 million new charging stations will need to be brought online, necessitating some serious, physical changes to scores of gas stations, mini-marts, convenience stores and even apartment buildings up and down the state.
Sen. Aisha Wahab’s Senate Bill 573 would have originally prohibited legislative staff from working for lobbying firms for two years after leaving the capitol.
CalSavers Executive Director Katie Selenski says small businesses not yet in compliance with a state deadline to sponsor retirement plans for their workers will start receiving enforcement notices by the end of this month.
The bill, which would not ban the use of police K-9s for search and rescue or narcotics or explosive detection, is explicitly intended to address law enforcement’s long-standing use of dogs on people of color.
Nine California research organizations will vie behind closed doors this week as the state’s stem cell agency scores their bids to kick off what would be a first-in-the-nation, $80 million manufacturing network to speed the development of revolutionary medical therapies.
Jorge Reyes Salinas is communications director for Equality California, an LGBTQ advocacy group, and a fearless advocate for undocumented residents and the LGBTQ+ community.