Public Safety and Justice Update: 8/23/24

The final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 8/22, included a lineup of lawmakers and others who have long advocated for gun safety and have dealt with the aftermath of gun violence in their communities…

On August 15, 2024, the Justice Department announced that it issued a letter to state and local police departments and governments about programs that may violate federal housing protections…

Despite the growth and evolution of data in policing over the past several decades, calls for better data continue to grow. RAND and the Police Executive Research Forum…

The California Department of Justice (DOJ) releases its latest crime data every year at the beginning of July…

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law last week a package of bills intended to crack down on retail, property, and auto thefts, legislation he requested in January in a city whose mayor publicly backs a November ballot measure the governor opposes to further crackdown on the crimes (Prop 36)…

California Assemblymember Chris Holden dropped his second attempt in recent years to restrict the state’s use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and immigrant detention facilities…