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Californians are voting on important propositions on the 2020 California ballot right now. We know it’s confusing, so below you’ll find our guide to the propositions. All of our work,…
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Federal funding for legal services began as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s war on poverty. With the legislative successes of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, people living…
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“Things like the earned income tax credit put real money in people’s pocket,” said Mike Herald, director of policy advoasscacy at the Western Center on Law and Poverty.” Read More
Read More“Alexander Prieto of the Western Center on Law and Poverty argued that an injunction is needed to ensure that 1 million of the poorest families will receive food aid to…
Read More“Mike Herald, policy director with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, said cash bail is very punitive for low-income defendants. “Many people ended up getting held in jail for…
Read More“It’s a “terribly racist and classist and misogynistic policy,” said Jessica Bartholow, policy advocate at the Western Center on Law & Poverty. “It’s a poor baby penalty.” New Jersey, Birthplace…
Read More“We made a call to action to legislative officials,” she says. “From there, we joined the National Urban League, Color Of Change and the Western Center on Law and Poverty…
Read More“Schemes to defraud the system and identity theft have bloomed across the state. These are not victimless crimes, Jessica Bartholow of the Western Center on Law and Poverty points out…
Read More“As reports of racial discrimination at work and in schools are increasing, it is essential that lawmakers recognize where more protections against it can, and should be, strengthened,” said Jessica…
Read More“David Kane, an attorney with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, which advocated for the strict time limits, said county health officials were “trying to weasel their way out…
Read More“The Crown Act stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural” and it’s a law that aims to put an end to race-based hair discrimination (aka when people lose…
Read More“Seven states have thus far passed their own laws, beginning with California in July 2019. Senator Cory Booker introduced a similar bill in December. There is a coalition of advocates to…
Read More“We have been working on this case for almost two decades now,” said Robert Newman, an attorney for the Los Angeles-based Western Center on Law & Poverty. “To end the…
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