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State legislators. Lori Wilson, state assemblymember from the 11th district (2022–present) [4] Municipal officials. Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles (2022–present) and former U.S. Representative from CA-37 (2011-2022) [4] Notable individuals. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers [5] Organizations. ACLU California Action [4]
For the record: 12:39 p.m. Nov. 1, 2024: An earlier version of this article stated there were nearly 60,000 prisoners with jobs in California, based on incorrect data provided by prison officials ...
For one thing, it is a reminder that California has a history of slavery, too, despite being imagined as a “free state.” As a legal historian of slavery, I know that there’s more to ...
In rejecting Proposition 6, voters kept a constitutional provision outlawing slavery except "to punish crime." Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers still have options.
California Against Slavery (CAS) was founded in 2010 (15 years ago) () as a 501(c)(4) human rights advocacy organization directed at strengthening California state laws to protect victims of sex trafficking, particularly minors, and to increase law enforcement efforts.
Lawmakers in California have revealed a sweeping set of legislative proposals aimed at providing reparations for state residents who are descendants of enslaved Africans.
The case garnered national press coverage, and brought the issue of modern slavery and human trafficking into the mainstream media. [2] In 1997, Dr. Kathryn McMahon, a professor at California State University, Long Beach, started the Trafficked Women Project. This grew into CAST, which officially came into existence in 1998.
Proposition 6 asks California voters to amend the state Constitution to ban involuntary servitude, which would end forced labor in state prisons. What will the measure do?