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Final Push for California Bill on Reproductive Justice

In the past few months, I have written about my work with the Women’s Policy Institute team to get AB 271 introduced in the California legislature and build a coalition to support its passage and...

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How an Idea Becomes a Bill: The Story of AB 271

For the past year, I’ve been working with a team of reproductive justice advocates to repeal a California policy that discriminates against low-income women and families. I embarked on this effort as...

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Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Don’t

Read more about the path Nayantara and her colleagues have followed to challenge California’s punishing Maximum Family Grant rule.  At AFJ, we urge advocates and their funders to think broadly about...

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Advocates Push California to Lead On Immigrant Rights

With comprehensive immigration reform an uncertainty this year, it’s worth remembering that advocacy to promote immigrant rights isn’t just a federal matter. Recent policy victories in California show...

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Dr. Robert Ross Calls on Funders to Engage in Power Politics

“We must find our way as a field to focus on scaling up solutions – and doing this requires us to engage in power politics.” The California Endowment’s president and CEO Dr. Robert K. Ross caught my...

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Expanded Lobbying Disclosures Possible for San Francisco

UPDATE: On April 29, 2014, Supervisor Chiu introduced a substitute bill which addressed many of AFJ’s concerns about the proposal legislation. In particular, the new version of the legislation now...

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Reforming the Broken Immigration System: States Stepping in When Congress...

California Governor Jerry Brown (C) is surrounded by state and local officials after he signed AB60 into law during ceremonies in Los Angeles on Oct. 3, 2013. Reuters/Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti Last...

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New Law Targeting “Dark Money” in California Elections Contains Benefits for...

By: Lacey Keys, Senior Associate Attorney, Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP Last week Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 27, which changes the reporting rules for nonprofit organizations that spend money to...

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Update: SF Lobbying Ordinance Passes 11-0

Posted by Emily Champlin, AFJ Summer Legal Intern UPDATE: On June 17, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously (11-0) voted to adopt the proposed legislation in the form discussed below,...

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California Policy Update for Nonprofit Advocates

The Alliance for Justice West Coast office has been monitoring, and in some cases weighing in on, a number of state and local legislative and regulatory matters that affect nonprofit advocacy across...

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Meet our new Southern California Project Manager!

We are excited to welcome Nona Randois to the Bolder Advocacy team! As the Southern California Project Manager, Nona is the face of Bolder Advocacy in So Cal. She provides live and web-based trainings...

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California’s SB 27: What it means for nonprofits taking a stand on ballot...

On August 12, AFJ hosted a webinar to explain what a newly passed law in California, SB 27, means for nonprofits that support or oppose ballot measures. We hosted the webinar because we hope that the...

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States and Cities Take the Lead on Aid for Immigrants

Immigrant families and children’s advocates rally outside a Los Angeles Federal building on July 7, 2014, after President Barack Obama’s statement on the crisis of unaccompanied minors fleeing extreme...

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Balancing Act: Lessons from a Year of Budget Advocacy

WPI team and allies who worked to repeal Maximum Family Grant law. Credit: Jonathan Iocco Almost exactly two years ago, I started participating in a wonderful program run by the Women’s Foundation of...

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Southern California Nonprofit Leaders Celebrate Impact on 2014 Election

The 2014 election saw decisive ballot measure victories across the country that will improve the lives of millions. California’s Prop 47 reduces the classification of most nonserious and nonviolent...

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California Compliance Update: FPPC Revises Rules for Ballot Measure Disclosure

The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), the state agency charged with implementing and enforcing the California Political Reform Act (CPRA), has had a busy fall. It revised several regulations...

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Reforming the Broken Immigration System: States Stepping in When Congress...

California Governor Jerry Brown (C) is surrounded by state and local officials after he signed AB60 into law during ceremonies in Los Angeles on Oct. 3, 2013. Reuters/Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti Last...

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New Law Targeting “Dark Money” in California Elections Contains Benefits for...

By: Lacey Keys, Senior Associate Attorney, Olson Hagel & Fishburn LLP Last week Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 27, which changes the reporting rules for nonprofit organizations that spend money to...

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Update: SF Lobbying Ordinance Passes 11-0

Posted by Emily Champlin, AFJ Summer Legal Intern UPDATE: On June 17, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously (11-0) voted to adopt the proposed legislation in the form discussed below,...

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California Policy Update for Nonprofit Advocates

The Alliance for Justice West Coast office has been monitoring, and in some cases weighing in on, a number of state and local legislative and regulatory matters that affect nonprofit advocacy across...

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