Research shows that what actually helps youth thrive and stay out of the justice system are:
⚽️ Pro-social activities
📚 Education support
🏡 Strong family and community ties

It’s time to invest in supports that work — not punishments that don’t.

#EndEndless Probation Pass #AB1376Bonta

29.07.2025 16:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Since California reinstated the death penalty in 1977, eight Californians have been exonerated and released from death row. All of them were men of color. @cagovernor @GavinNewsom #CommuteTheRow now. #UniversalClemencyNow #ConfrontRacism #deathpenalty

23.07.2025 17:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Deadly police use of force incidents have reached an all-time low in California, while red states are seeing an uptick. Read more about recent California laws laws to rein in police violence, and the far-reaching positive impact they're having on communities at: www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

16.07.2025 17:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fair representation: A California bill aims to improve public defense funding | Opinion California’s public defense system is woefully outdated and under-resourced.

Public defenders are the first and often only line of defense when people are wrongfully arrested, face life-altering immigration consequences for minor offenses... Yet California’s public defense system is woefully outdated and under-resourced.

Read more at: www.fresnobee.com/opinion/read...

14.07.2025 17:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Opinion: From endless juvenile probation to endless incarceration I grew up in poverty, with a father in and out of prison, a mother addicted to heroin, and my cousins caught up in gangs. When I was a teenager, my friends and I started stealing cars and joyriding…

"California’s practice of “endless juvenile probation” keeps kids under supervision until they turn 18 or longer, regardless of whether they’ve changed or progressed. I was one of those kids, and it cost me everything."
#EndEndlessProbation #AB1376
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/07/08/o...

09.07.2025 18:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Prop 36 Is Triggering an Arrest Surge in California, Hitting Black Communities Hard California's Proposition 36, aimed at addressing homelessness, drug addiction, and theft, has led to a rise in arrests, disproportionately affecting Black communities. Critics argue that the law's imp...

"It's a war on poor people."

Six months after California’s #Prop36 took effect, early data shows a rise in arrests — with the law disproportionately affecting Black communities in some parts of the state.
blackvoicenews.com/2025/07/08/p...

09.07.2025 17:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Since California reinstated the death penalty in 1977, eight Californians have been exonerated and released from death row. All of them were men of color. @cagovernor @GavinNewsom #CommuteTheRow now. #UniversalClemencyNow #ConfrontRacism #deathpenalty

30.06.2025 17:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Infographic from Clemency California

Black men are 4x more likely to be sentenced to death in CA. It’s time to close this racist chapter in California’s history. We call on @cagovernor @GavinNewsom #CommuteTheRow and grant #UniversalClemencyNow. #ConfrontRacism #deathpenalty

26.06.2025 17:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

California has the largest death row in the U.S. The death penalty has no place in any society that values fairness, justice, and human rights. We call on @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to #CommuteTheRow #UniversalClemencyNow #ConfrontRacism #deathpenalty

26.06.2025 20:28 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Three of our priority bills advanced out of Senate Public Safety yesterday. Thank you to our bill authors and coalition partners!

#AB690 authored by @asmnickschultz.bsky.social
#AB1071 authored by Assemblymember Ash Karla
#AB1376 authored by @asmmiabonta.bsky.social

25.06.2025 17:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0