• A decade after marriage equality victory, a movement grapples with steep backsliding on transgender rights

    Los Angeles Times
    June 26, 2025

    In statehouses and governors’ mansions across the country, the number of bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights have increased year after year, with 800 being introduced this year alone. The Trump administration also has embraced the shift, with federal agencies aggressively investigating California and threatening its funding over its trans-inclusive policies. Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that states may ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

  • People burdened by criminal records look to legislation, legal clinic for fresh start

    The Sacramento Bee
    June 26, 2025

    The goal of the rally was to bring visibility to SB 731, which allowed for those with certain criminal records to petition for expungement, according to Ingrid Archie, Organizing Director for TimeDone. Through the services being offered, the organizations hope to remove some of the barriers to work, housing and personal well-being that having a criminal record introduces.

  • Appeals court ends California A.G.’s prosecution of top Gascón advisor

    Los Angeles Times
    June 26, 2025

    In a stinging rebuke of one of California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s most politically fraught prosecutions, a state appeals court moved Thursday to dismiss the remaining criminal charges against a top advisor to ex-Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón.

  • Supreme Court will hear two cases concerning minors’ rights

    At the Lectern
    June 26, 2025

    At its conference yesterday, the Supreme Court straight granted two cases — one civil and one criminal — involving minors, one child a victim and one a perpetrator.