"Happy Emancipation Day, Happy Freedom Day, Happy Jubilee Day!"
Those well-wishes were sent out Friday as Santa Clara County made history. View the full story at this link.
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California’s state Senate is considering legislation to provide universal basic income to former foster youth transitioning out of the system.
State Senator Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, said he had a “rude awakening” regarding California’s gun laws, and called for heightened awareness of the state’s “red flag” laws in the wake of San Jose’s mass shooting.
If we really want to reduce mass shootings — all gun violence — we’ve got to become snitches on our co-workers, family members and maybe exes. Read the full article at this link.
After California’s largest mass shooting this year, State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) called for increasing the effectiveness of California’s “Red Flag” laws to curb gun violence and mass shootings.
In the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and other mass shootings around the country, California was the first state to enhance its Gun Violence Restraining Orders.