CA Latino Caucus Prioritizes Garcia’s Resident Worker Program and Economic Stabilization Act
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Sacramento, California - Today, members of the California Latino Legislative Caucus conducted a press conference to announce this year’s legislative and policy priorities. Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) AB 1885, California Resident Worker Program and Economic Stabilization Act, ranked among the top of their 2018 agenda.
Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Invalidate New California Law Restricting Federal Land Sales
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Sacramento, California - The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the State of California, Governor of California Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr., and the California State Lands Commission, seeking a declaration that California Senate Bill 50 (“SB 50”), enacted in October 2017, is unconstitutional and seeking an injunction against implementation of this state law. This California law purports to give a state agency the power to block the sale, donation or exchange of federal lands by the federal government to any other person or entity. SB 50 also seeks to penalize (up to $5,000) any person who knowingly files real estate records pertaining to a federal land transfer unless the California government certifies that the transfer complies with state law.
Stanford law and science experts discuss court case that could set precedent for climate change litigation
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Stanford, California - A judge in California took an unusual step in trying to untangle who is to blame for increasingly frequent droughts, floods and other climate change-related extreme weather. The case in San Francisco is weighing the question of whether climate change damages connected to the burning of oil are specifically the fault of the companies that extract and sell it.
Mendocino County Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of a Minor
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Sacramento, California - Monica Merlin Morales, 26, of Point Arena, pleaded guilty Wednesday to sex trafficking of a minor, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
Three UCLA schools expand scholarship funds with gift from Milton Stark estate
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Los Angeles, California - A $2 million gift left by actor Milton Stark will support students in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The contribution expands the existing Judith and Milton R. Stark Scholarship, increasing annual distributions up to 10 times the amount it awarded previously.
Pasadena Man Sentenced to 125 months in Federal Prison for ‘Dual Valley Bandit’ Bank Robbery Spree
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Los Angeles, California - A Pasadena man was sentenced Monday for the commission of a series of bank robberies culminating in an armed robbery at a Pasadena bank where he brandished a shotgun and placed it to the side of a bank employee’s head while demanding money.
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