Stockton, CA — Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Tubbs, the 29-year old mayor of Stockton, Califonia, plans to give all the residents in his city $500 a month in hopes to assist those affected.
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Police Stop Black Drivers At Higher Rate Than Whites In California
Officers also searched Black drivers at nearly three times the rate they did white drivers, according to a new report released by the state’s Department of Justice. Black drivers are disproportionately stopped and searched by police in California, according to a new report released by the California Department of Justice. Though Black people only make…
‘Speak Volumes’: Two Black Women Appointed as Judges in California, Where It Rarely Happens
Two of California’s largest counties are welcoming Black women to their lists of superior court judges. Tricia Taylor and Terrie Roberts were appointed with nine other justices in the Golden State, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Oct. 25. Terrie Roberts (left) was appointed to a judgeship in the San Diego County Superior Court, and Tricia…
Black And Hispanic Neighbors Arrested For ‘Standing’ In Public
A Sacramento sheriff arrested an Army veteran and a business man because they were standing in their own neighborhood.
Homelessness becomes illegal in California
The White House Council of Economic Advisor reported that more than a quarter of a million people are homeless in California on September 2019. Four of the five cities that have the most unsheltered homeless in the United States is also located in California. Reports have suggested that Trumps is being forced to stage and…
Black Woman Appointed California’s First-Ever Surgeon General
Burke Harris received support online from politicians such as Rep. Barbara Lee and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed a Black woman to be the state’s first surgeon general on Monday, according to the San Francisco Examiner. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, 43, is a San Francisco-based pediatrician and CEO of the…
