Nigel Duara

Justice

How justice changed in California in 2025: Prop. 36 toughened penalties, prisons kept shrinking

Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2025 announced the closure of another prison, a shutdown that's possible because the state is incarcerating far fewer people than it did just a decade ago.

By Nigel Duara • December 26, 2025

CalMatters en Español

Nueva ley de California prohíbe a agentes federales usar máscaras en respuesta a redadas de inmigración

La administración Trump ha presentado una demanda para bloquear una nueva ley de California que prohibiría a los agentes federales usar máscaras durante su servicio. Esta ley surgió a raíz de la preocupación por el uso de máscaras y pasamontañas por parte de agentes de inmigración en Los Ángeles.

By Nigel Duara • December 22, 2025

Justice

California is banning masks for federal agents. Here’s why it could lose in court

The Trump administration is suing to block a new California law that would ban federal law enforcement officers from wearings masks on duty. It was shaped by concerns over masked immigration agents in Los Angeles.

By Nigel Duara • December 22, 2025

Justice

Judge orders Trump to end National Guard deployment, calls LA mission ‘profoundly un-American’

The new ruling against the Trump administration’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles comes as courts are considering other challenges to his deployment of troops to liberal cities, such as Portland and Chicago.

By Nigel Duara • December 10, 2025

Justice

As California prisons face ‘wave’ of sex assault lawsuits, new audit highlights slow discipline

A new report on discipline in California prisons highlights slow handling of several sex assault cases filed against officers. In lawsuits, women have accused 83 officers of sexual misconduct.

By Nigel Duara • December 9, 2025

Economy

How fear of Trump’s immigration blitz is changing life in California farm towns

Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation during the second Trump administration.

By Nigel Duara • November 24, 2025

Justice

ICE opened a detention center in a former California prison. Detainees are suing over conditions inside

Immigrants in California's newest ICE detention center allege they're experiencing inhumane conditions and that they're not getting access to lawyers. Until recently, the site was a state prison.

By Nigel Duara and Cayla Mihalovich • November 13, 2025

Justice

California Supreme Court strikes down warning on LAPD citizen complaint forms

California adopted criminal penalties for filing false claims against police officers 30 years ago. The state Supreme Court held that the LAPD went too far in advising people about those penalties when they file citizen complaints.

By Nigel Duara • November 10, 2025

Justice

California Supreme Court rejects free speech challenge to LGBT protections in nursing homes

The California Supreme Court upheld a law protecting the rights of LGBT people in nursing homes, including by forbidding employees from misgendering those patients.

By Nigel Duara • November 6, 2025

Justice

For the first time, a California county removed its sheriff over misconduct allegations

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus after allegations of nepotism in her office. It's a rare event in California history in part because sheriffs are elected officials.

By Nigel Duara • October 14, 2025

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