November 2020

By Laurence Du Sault, Cal Matters, November 4, 2020 San Francisco voters approved a new tax that will target businesses with the most disproportionately paid CEOs. Measure L required a simple majority to pass and was approved by 65.18% of voters Tuesday night, making San Francisco the first U.S. city to move to tax both private and public businesses based on how “overpaid” their top executives are. The measure, introduced by Supervisor Matt Haney and backed by the board, is expected to...

By Chuck Carroll, The Imprint, November 5, 2020 Los Angeles County voters have handily approved a ballot measure that requires the county to dedicate at least 10% of its unrestricted funds to youth development and other community investments as well as alternatives to incarceration rather than law enforcement and jail. In perpetuity. Measure J was strategically marketed as “Reimagine Los Angeles County” by proponents and shaded by critics as a dangerous and ill-considered step toward...

By Thadeus Greenson, October 28, 2020, Community Voices Coalition . Working on the North Coast, where the American Civil Liberties Union has had an ongoing presence since 2007, when it filed a landmark class-action lawsuit against Del Norte Unified School District on behalf of Native American students, Tedde Simon says she came to see there was what she described as a “widely understood issue.” In Humboldt County — home to seven federally recognized tribes and proportionately one of the...

9:30am-4pm on November 18 Join the Coalition for Victims of Child Abuse (CVCA) and the Governor's Office of Emergency Services on November 18th on Zoom for the Serving Victims of Child Abuse and Neglect During COVID-19 Annual Symposium 2020 ! This symposium aims to bring child and family service leaders together to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the services that our organizations provide to families. Participants will learn how child abuse affects family systems, how COVID-19 has...

Californians voted this week by a 56.1% to 43.9% margin to continue the state’s ban on considering race, ethnicity and gender in public college admissions, hiring and contracting. But universities are pushing forward with other efforts to recruit and retain a diverse student body. Black and Latino students are underrepresented at the University of California compared to those groups’ share of the state’s population. Statewide, many students of color enter college but don’t graduate. Among...

Trauma-Informed Care During COVID-19: Key Concepts and Applications for Frontline Providers November 19 th , 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EST https://sgim.users.membersuite.com/events/0a004b4d-0078-c579-d848-8a9912649d81/details Join us for an in-depth look at how trauma and adverse childhood experiences impact the health of individuals and minority populations, particularly the impact during COVID-19. The COVID 19 pandemic is traumatic in itself. As clinicians, we have seen its effect,...

This year, voters were given the opportunity to start swinging back toward stricter penalties — and opted not to. Proposition 20 would have given prosecutors new powers to charge certain non-violent crimes as felonies and made it harder for long-time inmates to qualify for early-release consideration. As of late this afternoon, the measure is down by 24 points with the vote count continuing, and the Associated Press has projected its defeat. That’s proof, Prop. 20 opponents say, that...

By Christina Santiago, California Health Report, November 5, 2020 While I was on call in the pediatric emergency department of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, three firefighters rolled in a gurney with little girl strapped in — but she didn’t look injured. Unlike most kids arriving in an ambulance, she had no obvious injuries, no cervical collar to support her neck, no signs of bleeding and she was alert. Tracy looked to be about 4 years old and was so tiny compared to the gurney. Her...

From The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, October 2020 In partnership with the Sacramento County Division of Behavioral Health Services, The Center will award funding for eligible community-based agencies — including nonprofits, for-profits and public-private partnerships — to provide trauma-informed community outreach and engagement and support services that address mental health and wellness of the African American/Black community. Successful applicants will demonstrate understanding of...

Yesterday, millions of CA voters approved Proposition 17, restoring the right to vote to over 50,000 Californians who have completed their prison terms. Together, we have freed the vote for our community members on parole! We know how important the voices of these citizens are and we’re grateful that Californians across this state voted to include them in our democracy. Our democracy now includes more of US! For more information, visit, votersguide.sos.ca.gov by clicking HERE.

From Futures Without Violence, November 2020 Multi-Day Virtual Training Institute in February 2021 Application Deadline: Thursday, December 3, 2020 Multidisciplinary teams are invited to participate in th Building Collaborative Responses to Trafficked Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Institute. The Institute will focus on improving collaborative responses for adult/youth domestic violence and sexual assault victims who have also experienced human trafficking. As a result of...

WEBINAR RECORDING WITH SLIDES: https:// futureswithoutviolence-my. sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/ aali_futureswithoutviolence_ org/EaPTM5WcfiZOvQMBjvgq- b8BeoUJAZZSX-x3_vVWY6xRtQ?e= Xxn571 PAPER: Expansion of School-Based Health Services in California: An Opportunity for More Trauma-Informed Care for Children. SLIDES: Please see attachment. It is our hope that this is just the beginning of our journey together to develop strategies that can help California schools provide services to support...