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Governor Jerry Brown has signed the state budget, including two budget trailer bills, SB 828 and AB 1602, that together enact landmark legislation to invest in California’s future by improving college access and readiness for all California students.
On May 21, Advancing Justice-LA co-hosted a Prop 47 and record expungement clinic at the Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus. In partnership with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County, the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance, the L.A.
A coalition of prominent Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) civic and civil rights organizations has united to deliver an open letter to MSNBC, CNN and Fox News--the country’s three largest providers of cable news--demanding that the networks address the persistent underrepresentation of the A
California is paving the way nationally as the largest and one of the first states to invest in all children’s health regardless of immigration status. As of May 2016, all low-income children under 19 years old (including undocumented children) are now eligible to apply for full-scope Medi-Cal benefits in California.
This year’s California primary presidential election was one of the most closely watched and highly covered in recent decades, and voters responded to the excitement byregistering to vote in record numbers.
As we close out Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) today, we urge Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) across our great state to vote in this critical election year.
Watch our new "Voice Your Vote" PSA featuring John Cho, George Takei, and others.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) is wrapping up, but that doesn’t mean we should stop celebrating and learning about the diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities in the City of Los Angeles. As part of APAHM, Advancing Justice-LA and the City collaborated to produce a brief demographic report on this growing population.
(photo Jon Endow, courtesy of Councilmember David E. Ryu)
Fourteen months after they bravely filed suit against their traffickers, 11 workers from the Philippines finally won vindication. On May 2nd, Judge Fernando M. Olguin granted the workers a default judgment of $15.2 million in damages and fees.
California’s primary election is on Tuesday, June 7, and the deadline to register in order to participate is quickly approaching. While many people have focused on the role of the upcoming primary in choosing presidential candidates for political parties, the June 7 election is also critical to determining finalists for other key races, such as the open U.S. Senate seat.
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