Latino Caucus Events

Please join the Latino Caucus as we co-sponsor a lunch briefing, “Planning for California’s Water Future,” taking place Thursday, May 17, 2018 from 12:00 – 11:00 pm at Mayahuel (1200 K St).  The briefing is hosted by Policylink and is conducted in partnership with the Asian Pacific Islander, Black, Jewish, and Women’s Legislative Caucuses.   LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.  

Please join the California Latino Legislative Caucus as we co-sponsor an informational briefing by the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative (LPPI) on Friday, February 9, 2018 at Mayahuel (1200 K St).  The briefing will cover:

Overview of the Latino Gross Domestic Product
Dr. David Hayes-Bautista

Emerging Criminal Justice Issues
Dr. Kelly Lytle-Hernandez
Isaac Bryan, MPP
Sofia Espinoza, MPP

Defending DACA through Social Science Research
Dr. Otto Santa Ana

The California Latino Legislative Caucus, in partnership with the CA Equity Leaders Network, and the Asian Pacific Islander, Black, Jewish, Women’s, and LGBT Legislative Caucuses, is pleased to present our fourth annual speaker series for legislative staff. As California continues to grapple with one of the largest and most expensive prison systems in the nation, it is increasingly clear that the future of our state will be dependent on what we do to meaningfully invest and support our residents impacted by the justice system.

Across the country, there is a growing recognition of the role our criminal justice systems play in undermining the finan-cial stability of low-income communities and communities of color. While California is leading the nation on climate change and other areas, it is not immune to this problem. This briefing will examine how California’s criminal justice pol-icies tax the poor, exacerbating their already precarious financial situations.