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(Subscription required) The appointments span Alameda, Contra Costa, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Placer, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, reflecting a mix of professional backgrounds in private practice, public defense, prosecution and government service.  

The most visible gaps are in settings where students may already feel distant from traditional recognition. In 2024–25, just one juvenile court, one community day, and two opportunity schools awarded the Seal, and standalone special education schools did not participate. If the SSCE is meant to expand civic opportunity, ensuring that it reaches these contexts will require flexible pathways and targeted implementation support.

The sheriff had no authority “to seize hundreds of thousands of lawfully cast ballots under the guise of a criminal investigation,” lawyers for the UCLA Voting Rights Project and former state Attorney General Xavier Becerra argued in a filing with the court on behalf o