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Tag: black lives matter

Helen Jones speaks about her son’s death to about 50 people at Mercado La Paloma’s hall in downtown Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of Helen Jones

This activist says voting is just one tool to improve Black lives

Michael Lozano by Michael Lozano January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Helen Jones knows her work to improve Black lives is a long term project. She firmly believes that voting is one way to ensure change.

Recapping the stories that epitomized California in 2020. Image via iStock

With 2020 hindsight: Recapping the stories that defined California life

CalMatters staff by CalMatters staff December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

Los Angeles is ready for single-family zoning reform

Avatar by Guest Commentary November 13, 2020November 11, 2020
Trump supporters' 'train' reaches its destination at Ethel's Old Corral in Bakersfield on Oct. 24, 2020. Photo by KBAK/KBFX

As Election Day neared, conflict in Bakersfield between Trump and BLM groups intensified

by Freddy Brewster, Dereka Bennett and Injeong Kim November 5, 2020November 6, 2020
Drivers line up to drop off ballots outside of Alameda County courthouse on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Prepared for the worst, California’s election went OK

Lewis GriswoldMichael Lozano by Lewis Griswold and Michael Lozano November 4, 2020November 5, 2020

No return to lock ’em up — California voters stick with less punitive justice

Byrhonda LyonsAvatar by Byrhonda Lyons and Ben Christopher November 4, 2020November 4, 2020

California at crossroads over district attorney role

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Business need to stand up for equal justice too

Avatar by Guest Commentary September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
Protesters arrive at Frank Ogawa Plaza during the fifth day of protests over George Floyd's death by the Minneapolis police in Oakland on June 2, 2020. Assembly Bill 3121 cleared the Legislature in August and if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would establish a nine-person task force to study reparations proposals for more than 2 million African Americans in California. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

As Newsom weighs reparations bill, a scholar has a word of caution for California

Orlando Mayorquin by Orlando Mayorquin September 11, 2020September 17, 2020
Supporters of a measure to restrict the use of deadly force by police, stand in the gallery as Elizabeth Medrano Escobedo, the mother of police shooting victim Christian Escobedo, testifies in favor of the bill on April 9, 2019, in Sacramento. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

California lawmakers failed to enact sweeping police reforms. Here’s why.

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall September 1, 2020September 2, 2020

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