Every legislative session, we work to advance a legislative agenda that pushes our state forward.
Criminal Justice & Policing, Democracy & Civic Engagement, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Dragnet surveillance demands – so-called “reverse warrants”, “geofence warrants,” or “keyword warrants” – are a form of unconstitutional digital surveillance that put people at grave risk in a Post-Roe America. They can compel tech companies …
Democracy & Civic Engagement
Fair redistricting, the process of drawing electoral district boundaries, is of critical importance to ensure everyone is equally represented in our democracy. How district lines are drawn has the power to determine whether communities’ and …
Criminal Justice & Policing
Though both the United States and California Constitutions guarantee the right to the effective assistance of counsel, Californians are often denied this right. In counties across the state, indigent defendants charged with misdemeanors are appearing …
Education Equity, Racial and Economic Justice
All students have the right to a quality education regardless of who they are or what they look like. This disruption/defiance category of suspensions is subjective and overly broad, leading to suspensions of students for …
Racial and Economic Justice
We envision a world where unhoused people are treated with the dignity and respect to which they are entitled. Sadly, on any given night, California has around 173,000 unhoused individuals. As a result, unhoused people …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Racial and Economic Justice
Every year, law enforcement agencies search tens of thousands of people in California without any warrant, probable cause, nor even any reason to suspect a crime. These baseless “consent searches” occur when police stop someone …
Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Reproductive freedom is under attack, and California is no exception. While other states ban abortions, reactionary groups in California are trying to prosecute pregnancy loss. Pregnancy criminalization is a rising threat – in the past …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Democracy & Civic Engagement, Racial and Economic Justice
Biometric Surveillance (face recognition) on police body cameras enables pervasive monitoring of the public without their knowledge or consent, registering and reporting who we are and where we go. These tracking systems are inconsistent. Facial …
Racial and Economic Justice
The word “squaw” is a profoundly offensive term that epitomizes the racism and sexism Native American women face. Language that sexualizes, degrades, and dehumanizes Native American women encourages and sanctions violence against them. This depiction of Indigenous …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Education Equity
Decades of research show the long-term harm to young people of even minimal contact with the juvenile or criminal legal systems. Once students make contact with law enforcement, they are less likely to graduate high …