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Los Angeles police officers strike demonstrators as they try to push them back during a protest over the death of George Floyd, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles. Photo by Mark J. Terrill, AP Photo

California Divide

Newsom seeks statewide reform of police use of force

Lee este artículo en español. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that he has directed California’s police training agency to stop teaching the carotid hold as part of an effort to create statewide standards to guide police use of force. The move comes after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd by pressing on his neck with […]

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Nigel Duara

• June 5, 2020

Eddie Wutangsy uses a bullhorn while chanting to the crowd of several thousand protesters as they march past Fresno Police headquarters during a protest over the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, May 31, 2020. Photo by John Walker, The Fresno Bee

Justice

Voices of California protesters: same message, different motives

Nathaniel Johnson walked past a CVS pharmacy in Hollywood with his phone camera trained on men running out of the looted store with armfuls of stolen goods. After a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, Johnson had protested police brutality for two days while dressed in civilian clothes. But that afternoon, he decided to change […]

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• June 5, 2020

WhatMatters

CA is reopening. Will schools?

Superintendents say budget cuts could delay start of school year. Cuts to adult day programs could force more seniors into nursing homes.

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Emily Hoeven

• May 20, 2020

Southern California jails are releasing some low-level inmates early, checking new arrivals for fever and taking other precautions to prevent COVID-19 from taking hold behind bars. (File photo by Jeff Gritchen,Orange County Register/SCNG)

California Divide

Like a Petri dish for the virus: Tens of thousands of California inmates are at risk

Jose Amendariz was on one of his frequent trips to the nurse’s station in Orange County’s largest jail when deputies hauled in a man in a mask. Of all the inmates inside the jail, the 29-year-old Armendariz needs the most care: insulin shots for Type I diabetes, pills for hypertension, asthma inhaler puffs for his […]

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Nigel Duara

• April 13, 2020

WhatMatters

Evan Low’s fundraising + The shifting 9th Circuit’s abortion ruling + Hard living in Salinas

Assemblyman's fundraising scrutinized by state watchdog. Family-planning ruling hits low-income women hardest. Trump judges begin to leave their mark.

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Dan Morain

• February 25, 2020

WhatMatters

State of the State: Newsom takes a risk by focusing on homelessness + Challenging open drug use + L.A. County gives jail inmates a break

Newsom focuses State of State Speech on homelessness, takes on open drug use. L.A. County reduces cost of jail. Bill would track school 'disaster days.'

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Dan Morain

• February 20, 2020

California Divide

Los Angeles County eliminates criminal fees. Will California follow?

Los Angeles County will stop billing people millions of dollars a year for the costs of their incarceration in an effort to lighten the financial burden on former inmates. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate all criminal administrative fees over which the county has discretion after hearing testimony from […]

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Jackie Botts

• February 19, 2020