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Homeless man in Venice
A Los Angeles city councilman said a "czar" should be brought in to coordinate services for the homeless.
SALDEF executive director Jasjit Singh and Floyd Mori from the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
Several California representatives have cosponsored a resolution condemning the fatal shooting of six Sikh Americans at a Wisconsin gurdwara that occurred two years ago today.
Woman soldiers
The program will encompass a series of yearlong events and resources to assist female veterans as they transition from military service.
President Obama
President Obama signed two Executive Orders today that will protect employees of the federal government and its contractors and subcontractors from being discriminated against based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Wedding cake
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to ensure that language used in California's code books reflect the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Carrying placards and lighted torches on May 18, 1964, protesters picket the entrance to Fremont Place in Los Angeles.
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law ending the notion that Americans could be "separate but equal," paving the way for voting rights and racial equality. Here, we look back at a few moments that had a significant impact on the Gol...
California's form to amend a birth certificate.
Transgender Californians seeking changes to their name and gender identities on birth certificates will no longer need to go through a lengthy and exploitative legal process.
Diversion programs may keep mentally ill inmates out of jail and get them the help they need, found the report.
A report released today outlines recommendations that would help establish alternatives to jail that would better serve inmates with mental illness who have been charged with non-violent offenses
A Hobby Lobby store in Mansfield, Ohio. There are 26 locations in California
The Greens, who own the Hobby Lobby stores, believe life begins at conception and object on religious grounds to providing health insurance that covers methods of birth control that "may result in the destruction of an embryo."
Advocates from Go Athletes, an LGBT sports coalition, walk the streets of San Francisco in protest of Russia's LGBT law.
"Fighting discrimination is the most important thing legislators can do," said Assemblymember Ian Calderon.
For many homeless people, the fees associated with proper identification are a cost-prohibitive barrier blocking access to the services they need.
AB 1733 would allow a homeless person to submit an affidavit of homelessness and financial need with an application for vital records, such as a birth certificate, or a state-issued photo identification card.
Nevada County Courts play a part in helping people get treatment.
Though the law has been on the books for 12 years, Nevada County was the only one to fully implement the law until this year.
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