By: David Siders
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday nominated a Mexico-born Stanford Law School professor to the California Supreme Court, moving to replace one of the high court’s most conservative, retiring members with a Democrat.
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, who will replace retiring Justice Marvin Baxter, is Brown’s second selection to the court of his third term, both appointees coming from the halls of academia. Brown appointed Goodwin Liu, then a UC Berkeley law professor, in 2011.
By: Assembly Member Luis A. Alejo
As Californians, we all want to achieve the American dream of happiness, success, home ownership and economic prosperity. A cornerstone of achieving that dream is a quality public education.
While the state has focused on improving school curriculum and funding equity, a factor that continues to be overlooked is the quality of school facilities.
LOS ÁNGELES, Estados Unidos, jul. 08, 2014.- Activistas de la organización CARECEN visitaron hoy en California a los menores indocumentados en la Base Naval de Ventura para verificar las condiciones en que se encuentran antes de ser reubicados con sus familias en el país.
By: Patrick McGreevy
Two decades after California voters approved Proposition 187, barring public services to those in the country illegally, Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday that the political tide has turned in the state with a growing wave of Latino voters demanding more tolerant policy from Sacramento.
The power you represent is growing and it is growing in very important ways. - Gov. Jerry Brown
By: John Cádiz Klemack and Jason Kandel
About 200 people rallied Tuesday in support of migrant children temporarily housed at a shelter at the Naval Base Ventura County.
The rally came as state legislators toured the facility where 568 minors were being housed. The federal government has contracted with the Southern California base to have the children housed for 120 days. Most of the children who have been through the base have been reunited with family members already in the United States. The rest have been sent back to their home countries.
LOS ÁNGELES.- Con mariachi y aplausos fue recibido el gobernador de California, Jerry Brown, quien fue escoltado por asambleístas y senadores estatales, así como concejales y activistas de Los Ángeles, quienes expresaron su agradecimiento por las leyes aprobadas durante su gestión a favor de los migrantes.
By: Melanie Mason & Patrick McGreevy
Two decades after California voters took a hard line on illegal immigration, affirmative action and bilingual education, an ascendant class of Latino lawmakers is seeking to rewrite the books and discard the polarizing laws.
By: Patrick McGreevy
A group of state lawmakers said Wednesday they have drafted legislation that would repeal key provisions of Proposition 187, the ballot measure approved by voters 20 years ago that sought to withhold many public services from immigrants in the country illegally.
The federal courts overturned almost all provisions of the ballot measure as unconstitutional and it was never enforced, but it remains in on the books, according to Sen. Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles), the primary author of the repeal bill.
By: Cynthia Moreno
SACRAMENTO — Without immigrants, "there is no economy" in California.
That is what Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella, believes.
At the 18th annual Immigrant Day last Monday, Pérez gave an impromptu speech on the west steps of the state Capitol to nearly 500 immigrants, community leaders, clergy and advocates.
Pérez said immigrants make up a third of the state's work force and a quarter of the total population, yet they continue to be deprived of the most basic of rights.
