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Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) has picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution.

Samual Nathaniel Brown said he is not surprised that Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution. This time around, Brown, Wilson and other supporters of the End Slavery in California Act say they are determined to retire the constitutional clause that allows labor imposed on felons as criminal punishment in California prisons. | By Antonio...

Fifteen years after California voted to ban gay marriage in the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom is backing a ...

Last summer, we wrote an editorial urging Equality California and the LGBTQ Legislative Caucus to think carefully before proceeding with a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8 that would need to go before voters in 2024.

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) the chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (ACA-4). The legislation proposes amending the California Constitution to allow felons serving time in state and federal prisons to vote. 

Last week, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) the chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (ACA-4). The legislation proposes amending the California Constitution to allow felons serving time in state and federal prisons to vote. | By Maxim Elramsisy California Black Media Last week, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) the chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (ACA-4). T...

After months of discussions, two gay California lawmakers on Valentine’s Day introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8, the state’s same-sex marriage ban that remains on the books despite being ruled unconstitutional years ago.

Last summer, we wrote an editorial urging Equality California and the LGBTQ Legislative Caucus to think carefully before proceeding with a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8 that would need to go before voters in 2024.

After months of discussions, two gay California lawmakers on Valentine’s Day introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8, the state’s same-sex marriage ban that remains on the books despite being ruled unconstitutional years ago.

Last summer, we wrote an editorial urging Equality California and the LGBTQ Legislative Caucus to think carefully before proceeding with a constitutional amendment to repeal Proposition 8 that would need to go before voters in 2024.