David M. Greenwald

The child welfare system cannot be viewed separately from the institutions that produced mass incarceration.

Laura Porter, a prominent death penalty abolition advocate, asserted that the accelerating rate of executions, combined with insufficient transparency in state protocols, particularly in Tennessee, poses a significant threat to the credibility of capital punishment, a concern amplified by evolving political influences on state-level death penalty policies.

A significant fault line has emerged in the campaign surrounding California's Proposition 45, centering on whether the ballot measure could facilitate expedited environmental review for data centers. Opponents contend the proposition, designed to streamline environmental processes for various infrastructure projects, contains provisions that could allow data centers to bypass existing regulatory frameworks.

Web photo August 26, 2026 DAVIS, Calif. — Federal inspectors have again cited the University of California, Davis, for violations

Youth justice advocate Abraham Medina clarified that the legislative failure of Senate Bill 1157 stemmed from a dispute regarding the appropriate regulatory authority for Less Restrictive Programs, specifically whether the Office of Youth and Community Restoration or the Judicial Council should hold that responsibility, rather than a fundamental opposition to enhanced state accountability.

Photojournalist Nicholas Stern initiated federal civil rights litigation against the City of Los Angeles and an officer of the Los Angeles Police Department, alleging he sustained a facial injury from a police baton strike during an August 2025 immigration enforcement demonstration, in contravention of a federal court order protecting journalists.

A new report, prepared by Amend at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Criminal Law & Justice Center at UC Berkeley School of Law, alongside expert testimony from state officials and formerly incarcerated individuals, indicates that sexual misconduct persists as a significant threat within California's men's prisons, with inadequate data, reporting barriers, and investigative failures continuing to undermine prevention and accountability despite federal mandates enacted over two decades ago.

California lawmakers have unanimously approved Assembly Bill 2433, legislation authored by Assemblymember David Alvarez, designed to strengthen the state's Density Bonus Law. The measure expands incentives for projects offering deeper levels of affordability and clarifies the ministerial process for concessions and incentives for qualifying housing developments.

A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's challenge to California policies allowing transgender students to compete on athletic teams consistent with their gender identity, ruling that the federal government could not penalize the state under Title IX for violating a funding condition that was not clearly established when California accepted federal funds.

Defense attorney Scott Sanders filed a motion in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging the Long Beach Police Department concealed exculpatory evidence related to an alleged victim's misidentification and withheld information regarding a former officer's prior misdemeanor plea for nearly seven years.