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The Antelope Valley, after a federal investigation found a pattern of unreasonable force, intimidation, and unlawful stops and searches among Black and Latino residents. But according to monitors overseeing the settlement agreement, progress has been slow, with crucial reforms in areas such as use of force policy, community engagement, and the handling of public complaints […]
The Oakland Reimagining Public Safety Task Force was created in direct response to significant local demand to redirect monies from the Oakland Police Department to programs, support services and resources that take a holistic view of public safety and focus on addressing the root causes of so-called “crime” rather than relying on militarized policing and […]
California Schools, parks, libraries and museums across the state may choose to start publicly recognizing that they sit on what was once tribal land, if a new bill proposed by Assemblyman James Ramos, D-Highland, passes. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/03/06/bill-seeks-recognize-california-tribal-land-occupied-schools-libraries/4977096002/
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Although there’s no concrete action yet, AB 3121 tasks the state to create a commission that will study the possibility of paying reparations for slavery. The task force, which must meet by June, will be appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the speaker of the Assembly and the State Senate leader. Along with studying the issue, […]
On a cool February morning, around 60 people gathered in the Sierra Nevada foothills to take part in a ceremony that, for many decades, was banned. Men and women from Native American tribes in Northern California stood in a circle, alongside university students and locals from around the town of Mariposa. Several wore bright yellow […]
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf speaks during a press conference at The Paloma at Oakland Hills on Monday, November 16, 2020 in Oakland, CA. Schaaf announced Wednesday that, with funding from the state, Oakland purchased 17 homes that will eventually house more than 100 unsheltered people. More than 100 unhoused people in Oakland will begin moving […]
California Racism is Plantation for indigenous people. For all indigenous people that are from 1850 Oklahoma reservations. Sentence to a 47 year walk to Oklahoma. Indigenous Removal Act by $20 racist President Andrew Jackson 1850s. And the mid 1900s to Indian relocation act Oklahoma tribes to California for more broken promises, treaties, contracts, new deals […]
Oroville Dam, earth-fill dam on the Feather River, California, U.S. Completed by the state of California in 1968, it is the highest dam in the United States and one of the highest embankment dams in the world. e
Atmospheric rivers are long plumes of water vapor in the atmosphere — 250 to 375 miles wide on average — and are often referred to as rivers in the sky.
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Public Law 280 State Jurisdiction Vs Tribal Law in California indian country. (PG 19) What P.L. 280 Didn’t Do…• Divest Tribes of criminal or civil jurisdiction. • Make county and city laws applicable toIndians (animal control, zoning, etc.) Source: