California has seen historic reductions in violent crime due to sustained investments in community-based prevention, intervention and trauma recovery programs, and advocates are urging lawmakers to ...

Disability Rights California has condemned the wave of state-sponsored violence and called for an end to policies that it ...

This legislation formally acknowledges the fight against vicarious violence and spotlights survivors of coercive control.

The HAVEN Women’s Center of Stanislaus in Modesto provides shelter, counseling and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence. California needs increased funding for domestic violence ...

On July 1, 2025, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) issued a new notice of employee rights and an FAQ under AB 2499, a victims’ leave law enacted last year. As described in this December ...

The massacre at two New Zealand mosques — in which at least 50 people were killed, apparently by a white nationalist who posted a racist manifesto online — was the latest somber reminder that violence ...

AB 969 aims to improve protections for domestic violence survivors by expanding eligibility and creating clear statewide procedures for CalWORKs waivers. Xavier Mascareñas Sacramento Bee file ...

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The day before Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a bill to help left-wing activists identify and harass law enforcement officers, a former leader of the California Federation of Teachers shot up a ...