Ryan Sabalow is a Digital Democracy reporter for CalMatters. A graduate of Chico State University, he began his career covering local news for the Auburn Journal in Placer County and The Record Searchlight in Redding. He spent three years in the Midwest at The Indianapolis Star where he was an investigative reporter. Before joining CalMatters, he primarily covered California water and environmental policy at The Sacramento Bee. A lifelong hunter and outdoorsman, Sabalow spends as much time as possible in Siskiyou County, where he grew up. He's married and has two daughters, two lunatic cats and a duck-retrieving chocolate lab named Spooner.
In California, it’s usually police who confine mentally ill people for involuntary 72-hour holds so they can be evaluated and treated. A pending bill would extend the so-called 5150 confinement authority to county-designated psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists and clinical counselors.
Read this story in English. Desde la pandemia, el senador estatal demócrata Tom Umberg se ha unido a cientos de miles de abogados, demandantes, acusados y testigos de California y se ha acercado de forma remota a las audiencias judiciales. Para Umberg, abogado en ejercicio y ex fiscal federal de Santa Ana, el uso de […]
Each year, California lawmakers pass temporary extensions to COVID-era rules that allow people to attend court remotely via video conferencing services. One of the state’s most powerful unions has been a barrier to making the popular feature permanent.
Read this story in English. ACTUALIZACIÓN: La oficina del gobernador Gavin Newsom dijo hoy que vetaría cualquier proyecto de ley que prohibiera totalmente el fútbol americano juvenil. “Mi administración trabajará con la Legislatura y el autor de [un actual] proyecto de ley para fortalecer la seguridad en el fútbol juvenil, garantizando al mismo tiempo que […]
The Assembly has until the end of January to decide the fate of the youth tackle football bill, which would prevent kids under 12 from playing the sport to protect them from brain trauma.
To keep more police on patrols, law enforcement groups would like officers to spend less time in court. Legislation would allow non-sworn community service officers to testify in preliminary hearings instead of police.
Two-thirds of the bills opposed by the oil industry this year were killed, thanks in part to an alliance with the building trades union, forcing Democrats to sometimes choose between jobs and the environment.
Ryan Sabalow is a Digital Democracy reporter for CalMatters. A graduate of Chico State University, he began his career covering local news for the Auburn Journal in Placer County and The Record Searchlight in Redding. He spent three years in the Midwest at The Indianapolis Star where he was an investigative reporter. Before joining CalMatters, he primarily covered California water and environmental policy at The Sacramento Bee. A lifelong hunter and outdoorsman, Sabalow spends as much time as possible in Siskiyou County, where he grew up. He's married and has two daughters, two lunatic cats and a duck-retrieving chocolate lab named Spooner.