Rape is rape, regardless who the perpetrator or the survivor is.
That’s the message Assemblymembers Evan Low, D-Campbell, Cristina Garcia, D-Downey, and state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, are hoping to send with two state bills that seek to remove spousal rape exceptions. The legislators joined Bay Area district attorneys and local advocates Monday to discuss the bills.
Two South Bay lawmakers have teamed with prominent sexual-assault survivor advocates and prosecutors to make a concerted legislative push to end the state’s differing treatment of rapists based on whether they are married to their victims.
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South Bay leaders gathered at San Jose City Hall Saturday morning to stand against the rise in hate crimes and discrimination against the Asian community.
The first-in-the-nation program aims to support young people when they age out of the foster care system often with no security net whatsoever.
Bay Area legislators are ramping up pressure on the Newsom administration over a state program to vaccinate the poorest Californians that largely bypasses the region, after two private meetings this week failed to yield changes.
The new vaccine distribution plan announced last week by the governor is designed so those shots reach people in the poorest zip codes in the state.
Bay Area lawmakers say the solution leaves other Bay Area residents out in the cold. They’re calling for changes.
Lawmakers and community organizations on Monday are requesting that more vaccine priority be given to the Bay Area and that California "urgently address disparities" in the state's current vaccine prioritization plan.