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HISTORY THREAD: I spent a lot of time in the state archives and library for my piece on Article 34, the California constitutional provision passed in 1950 that requires a public vote before ...
Proposition 6, titled Remove Involuntary Servitude as Punishment for Crime Amendment, was a California ballot proposition and constitutional amendment that failed in the 2024 general election on November 5.
California lawmakers could let voters decide whether to 'prohibit slavery in any form,' which could change work requirements in prisons.
The State now defends the prohibition on magazines, asserting that mass shootings are an urgent problem and that restricting the size of magazines a citizen may possess is part of the solution. [ 9 ] In August 2020, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , in a 2–1 decision, upheld the district court's ruling.
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The California Racial Justice Act of 2020 bars the state from seeking or securing a criminal conviction or imposing a sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin. The Act, in part, allows a person to challenge their criminal case if there are statistical disparities in how people of different races are either charged, convicted ...
(The Center Square) - A top California Democratic legislature called for the state to rescind all seven of the state’s open calls for a U.S. constitutional convention, citing risks to ...
The first cannabis prohibition laws in California were passed in 1913. [8] In the 1972 California November elections an initiative titled Proposition 19, which would have legalized cannabis, was on the ballot. It failed to pass, with 66.5% voters voting "No" and 33.5% voting "Yes."