Debt Free Justice California, 9/21/20
California Governor Signs Historic Bill Abolishing Unjust Criminal Fees
Historic Bill Decreases Juvenile Legal Fees that Target Low-Income Families of Color
The Davis Vanguard, 8/28/20
Press Release: Broad-based Coalition Calls on Governor to Sign Historic Bill to End Racially-Discriminatory Wealth Extraction in the Juvenile Legal System
Youth Justice Coalition, Western Center on Law & Poverty, 8/26/20
Orange County Agrees Not to Collect $18.5 Million from Families Whose Children Were Locked in Juvenile Hall
Orange County Register, 7/15/20
Orange County Ends Racially Discriminatory Wealth Extraction From Thousands of Families Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Press Release: Western Center on Law & Poverty, PAC, 7/14/20
Clinic Celebrates Progress Towards an Equitable Microgrid Policy
Teaching Fellow Heather Lewis on a California Public Utilities Commission decision about developing microgrids in communities of color and low-income communities, Legal Planet, 6/26/20
Alyssa Cheung M.P.P. ’21: Microgrids Will Save Lives and Green the Golden State
If the state wants to truly protect its most vulnerable, and also meet its ambitious climate goals, the state and its and electric utilities must ensure that microgrids benefit disadvantaged communities as quickly as possible.
Sarae Snyder ’21: PG&E’s Power Shut-Offs Exacerbate Existing Inequities
As utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric continue to power society with failing infrastructure due to decades of mismanagement, Public Safety Power Shutoffswill continue to be the reality during California’s fire seasons for the foreseeable future.
Lawyers Can’t Visit Clients in Prison, So Quit Monitoring Their Emails
Los Angeles Times, 6/22/20
Trapped: Most States Let Courts Fine Teenagers. The Debt is Taking Down Their Whole Families.
Slate, 6/22/2020