Why California Voters Rejected Criminal Justice Reform This Election
Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.
California Measure To End Forced Prison Labor Fails
Californians voted down Proposition 6, a ballot measure that eliminates the state’s constitutional provision that allows ...
Anti-Slavery Measure Proposition 6 Fails, Allowing Forced Labor to Continue in California Prisons
The measure would have amended the state’s constitution to repeal language that allows involuntary servitude as a form of ...
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Brooks is an award-winning journalist incarcerated at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of ...
I’m Incarcerated in California. Here’s What Prop 6 Not Passing Means for People Like Me
"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.
Prop 6: California voters reject measure to ban forced prison labor
California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...
Advocates in favor of Proposition 6 believe wording led to voters rejecting the measure
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The results from the California's 10 propositions continue to come in and recently, Proposition 6 failed. It was meant to ban forced prison labor and advocates behind the measure ...
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California’s Anti-Slavery Measure Failed, Allowing Forced Labor to Continue
Other states, including Nevada, are deleting references to slavery in their constitutions and banning forced prison labor. California voters rejected that path when they turned down Prop. 6.
California workers could lose deportation protections
President-elect Trump could ax a federal program that protects undocumented immigrants who are witnesses in workplace ...
Trump’s star rises as California shifts to political center. ‘Even progressives have limits’
Donald Trump’s win challenges the state’s progressive policies on climate, immigration, abortion and LGBTQ rights. Meanwhile, ...
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Chamber conference discussions prove timely before election results
A litany of California legislation and policy impacts every city, including Santa Monica, leading the city’s Chamber of Commerce to broach these topics in the leadup to 2024 Election Day.