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ACLU Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers
OAKLAND, Calif., April 22, 2024 — The California Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretrial detention in California’s jails. The lawsuit, Ruelas v. County of Alameda, was brought by people incarcerated at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County who worked without compensation for Aramark, a for-profit corporation that provides food in jails and prisons....
Posted: Tue, Apr 23, 2024 12:48pm PDT
Agencies Cancel Plan to Frack Oil Wells, Build Pipelines in Los Padres National Forest
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif., April 15, 2024 — Two federal agencies have confirmed the cancellation of applications for permits proposed a decade ago to drill and frack eight new wells on federal public land in Los Padres National Forest. The announcement, made April 3, comes just weeks after California officials proposed a statewide ban on this extremely dangerous fossil fuel extraction technique....
Posted: Sat, Apr 20, 2024 6:05am PDT
Sacramento: Global Climate Strike - March to CA Capitol
Meet at Crocker Park, 211 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Then we march to the Capitol of California...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 19, 2024 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 18, 2024 11:05am PDT
#AbortionRights: Mifepristone SCOTUS Case Teach-In
Online teach-in...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 22, 2024 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Apr 13, 2024 11:37am PDT
Gray Whale Severely Entangled in Gillnet Fishing Gear off California
Oceana Urges State Legislature to Pass Assembly Bill 2220 to Address These Entanglements...
Posted: Thu, Apr 11, 2024 12:01am PDT
California Senate Declares ‘Year of the California Grizzly Bear’
2024 Marks Centennial of Last Sighting of State’s Official Animal...
Posted: Wed, Apr 10, 2024 9:57am PDT
Reclaiming our "Stolen Legacy" this 24th Annual Folsom Juneteenth Celebration
In 2000, Joe Louis Moore led the way to establish public Folsom Juneteenth events that were chosen by the National Park Service to be included in their National Underground Railroad Project, one of only two projects in California to be selected for that honor. It is past time to reclaim our "Stolen Legacy" and restore our authentic Golden Legacy. An ongoing David vs. Goliath battle......
Posted: Wed, Apr 10, 2024 4:00am PDT
Death vs. Dollars Series: The Impact of Race and Gender Disparities on Our Health
Online event via Zoom...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 9, 2024 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 7, 2024 10:29am PDT
"Hapless Revenge" Auditions
Solamonte Common Building 9200 Milliken Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2024 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 7, 2024 9:20am PDT
2024 California Juneteenth an ongoing "Journey From Slavery to Freedom"
On July 2002, Governor Gray Davis signed Assembly Bill 1749 (AB1749) into state law, observing every third Saturday in June as Juneteenth National Freedom Day for the State of California. This bill was amended in 2003, and is now recorded in legislation under Senate Bill 812 (SB812). AB1749 was authored by Juneteenth America, Inc. and sponsored by Assemblymember John Longville (Rialto-D), the journey continues......
Posted: Sat, Apr 6, 2024 11:23am PDT
Book Club: "The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters"
online...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 15, 2024 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 5, 2024 11:24pm PDT
175th Anniversary of Negro Bar, Mormon Island, Negro Hill - 1849 CA Gold Mining District
Since the 22nd Annual, Folsom Juneteenth 2022, unanimous decision to rename the day use area Black Miners Bar at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, (known for decades as Negro Bar State Park) DPR collaborated with the California African American Museum (CAAM) in developing the African American History & Engagement project proposal which the legislature approved $15M in one-time general funds for in the 2022-2023 fiscal year budget for this five-year project - 2024 Black Miners Bar open fo...
Posted: Fri, Apr 5, 2024 10:01pm PDT
Campaign for Democracy in California
An answer to the Governor's Campaign for Democracy which fails to address the lack of poor people being able to run for office with the possibility of winning....
Posted: Fri, Apr 5, 2024 12:46am PDT
Pinner files a more than $35 million lawsuit against the LACCD for wrongful termination ov
A new legal battle ensues over the Valley Academic and Cultural Center.
By Star Eisenberg and Milan Rafaelov, Editors-in-Chief...
Posted: Fri, Mar 29, 2024 12:56pm PDT
Lost Sierra Forest - Climate Action Camp
In Plumas National Forest outside town of Paradise (email lostsierra_forest [at] proton.me for info) from May 23-29...
Event Date: Thu, May 23, 2024 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 23, 2024 11:01am PDT
Lost Sierra Forest - Climate Action Camp
Come out to the Lost Sierra Forest-Climate Action Camp from May 23-29 in the Plumas N.F.!...
Posted: Sat, Mar 23, 2024 10:58am PDT
California Private Employers Can Choose Whether to Observe/Pay for Juneteenth Holiday
Juneteenth is a fixed Federal Holiday, yet in California confusion reigns supreme as California Juneteenth laws remain cloaked in mystery as California Reparations bills take center stage....
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 4:11pm PDT
California Bill Would Clamp Down on Dangerous Idle Oil, Gas Wells
Measure Ramps Up Plugging Duties for Oil Industry...
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:52pm PDT
California Resolution Calls for “Year of the California Grizzly Bear”
2024 Marks Centennial of State Animal Extirpation...
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:46pm PDT
Beyond Vietnam: Public Reading of Speech - MLK's Historic Call to End War & Suffering
Register for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rceuupzMqH9C6vztOonjhAG2Ej7BnQrtt#/registration...
Event Date: Thu, Apr 4, 2024 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 19, 2024 8:58am PDT