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California’s new Attorney General, Rob Bonta, took the podium at his first news conference on May 11 to announce the formation of a Racial Justice Bureau, charged with addressing bias and hate “at their roots” and strengthening responses to hate crimes throughout the state.
SAN DIEGO âA San Diego Superior Court ruling that invalidates an Oceanside referendum could boost efforts to meet a statewide housing shortage, but it also may imperil the increasing use of citizen ballot initiatives to stop development projects.
Judge Richard S. Whitney based his decision on Government Code 66300, also known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, which was written to âmaximize the development of housingâ as California works to solve its problems with rapidly rising rents, homelessness and real estate costs.
Whitney said the act invalidates the Nov. 3 citizenâs ballot initiative that overturned the Oceanside City Councilâs 2019 approval of the 585-home North River Farms project by a 2-1 margin. If the decision is not appealed and the developer overcomes other litigation, the project could proceed.
Help Us Investigate the Vallejo Police Department
Reporters have documented 33 killings by police since 2000 in Vallejo. We need your help to learn more about Vallejo police violence and potential misconduct.
May 14, 5:30 p.m. EDT
Oakland, California, police investigate a shooting by Vallejo officers on Nov. 1, 2018. The suspect led police on a multicity chase before crashing his car and exchanging gunfire with Vallejo officers, who wounded him. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
Open Vallejo and ProPublica are investigating police in the small Bay Area city of Vallejo, where we have documented 33 killings by officers since 2000. Open Vallejo also revealed a tradition in which a group of officers throw parties and bend their badges after fatal shootings.
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Throughout the month of March, states continued to introduce new privacy laws of their own as Congress focused on enacting President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 which President Biden signed into law on March 11.
The last month notably featured several key developments in California, as the state announced the establishment of the five-member inaugural board for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), a new administrative agency created by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and charged with implementing and enforcing the state’s privacy laws. Further, the state has approved additional California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations, which went into effect on March 15. As clients look to navigate the changing privacy landscape in California, Akin Gump has published a new report looking back at the fir