Here are the likely candidates on Gavin Newsom s list to be California s attorney general
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Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg (center) head of the Big City Mayors, discusses homelessness after the group met with Gov. Gavin Newsom (third from right) in Sacramento in 2019. Steinberg is believed to be on Newsom’s list of possible nominees as state attorney general.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press 2019Show MoreShow Less
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Rick Chavez Zbur, executive director of LGBTQ advocacy group Equality California, is believed to be on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s list of possible nominees as state attorney general.Courtesy Rick Chavez ZburShow MoreShow Less
By Marielena Castellanos
Most politicians have term limits, but judges do not. Judges across the U.S. hold powerful positions, but they are often not well known to the public. Many judges are elected by voters just like mayors, state legislators and members of Congress. But most voters know very little about judges running to be elected.
This week, a diverse group of residents, parents, and students filled a large room at Hilltop High School in Chula Vista to learn about the judicial branch of government and how they can approach voting for judges, as part of a workshop to promote civic education and engagement making its way throughout the state entitled Judge the Judges.
Jones Day’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force and AHA provide tools and training
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Partner at Jones Day and a leader of Jones Day’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
Melinda Hatton, AHA general counsel and one of the executive sponsors of the AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative, interviews Curt Kirschner, partner and a leader of Jones Day’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, to discuss the partnership working to expand hospital leadership in the fight against human trafficking.
Hatton: How is Jones Day involved in the fight against human trafficking and what is your role?
Kirschner: Jones Day is marshaling a coordinated global effort to combat both labor and sex trafficking, while also providing justice for survivors. In 2016, Jones Day launched the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force to guide the work being done and to focus on developing specific solutions to this global problem.
Thursday, March 1
"The Danish 'Flexicurity' Labor-Market Model and the Question of Cross-National Transferability of Institutions"
12:45-2 p.m.
Clark Hall, room 130
Anna Ilsoe, research fellow at the University of Copenhagen's Employment Relations Research Centre, will outline Denmark's flexicurity and whether it could be transferred to the United States.
Terry Wiley, Diane Becton, Paul Henderson
The California Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) submitted the names of three accomplished African American attorneys to the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) as possible candidates for the state’s soon-to-be open Attorney General position.
In a 46-page document that includes biographical data of the organization’s recommendations, CABL called on Black members of the state Legislature to support attorneys Diane Becton, Paul Henderson or Terry Wiley to become the next Attorney General. The group also forwarded the proposal listing the candidates they are supporting – all public servants with significant experience to Gov. Gavin Newsom.