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California Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation
The California Senate approved SB 10, a bill to reform and modernize California’s money bail system, on a bipartisan 25-11 vote. An identical bail reform bill, AB 42, is expected to be voted on by the Assembly later this week.
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Nationwide Report: Insurance Corporations Created Exploitative $2 Billion Bail Industry
Today, Color Of Change and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Campaign for Smart Justice released a scathing national report exposing insurance corporations’ hand in creating an unnecessary and largely unaccountable $2 billion bail industry.
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Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System
A broad coalition applauded lawmakers' unveiling of two bills that, if passed, would reform California's money bail system. Thousands of Californians are detained pretrial simply because they can't afford to post bail.
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ACLU Statement on California Chief Justice’s State of the Judiciary
ACLU of California Center for Advocacy and Policy statement in response to CA Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye's State of the Judiciary Address.
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Low-Income Drivers Sue California DMV for Illegally Suspending Licenses
A coalition of legal aid and civil rights organizations sued the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) this morning for illegally suspending the driver's licenses of low-income Californians.
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California Poised to Pass Momentous Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms
California Moves to Repeal Maximum Family Grant Rule
Report On Disparities and the Criminal Justice System Finds That Lack of Data Leads to Bad Policy
Court Ruling Expands Access to Prenatal Care for New California Residents
